Where does “ponentino” come from?
ponentino (Italian) comes from Italian ponente, from Latin pōnēns, from Latin pōnō, from Proto-Italic poznō, from Proto-Italic pozinō, from Proto-Italic sinō.
ponentino (Italian): westerly wind
Ancestry of “ponentino”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Italian | ponente | west; west wind; present participle of porre |
| 2 | Latin | pōnēns | — |
| 3 | Latin | pōnō | — |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | poznō | — |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | pozinō | — |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | sinō | — |