Where does “ponto” come from?
ponto (Italian) comes from Latin pontus, from Ancient Greek Πόντος, from Proto-Hellenic *póntos.
ponto (Italian): sea
Ancestry of “ponto”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | pontus | the sea, the deep; a wave |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | Πόντος | Pontus, a region on the southeastern shores of... |
| 3 | Proto-Hellenic | *póntos | — |