Where does “puente” come from?

puente (Old Spanish) comes from Latin pōns, from Latin fractus, from Latin frangere, from Latin frangō, from Proto-Indo-European bʰrēǵ- — to shine, shimmer.

Ancestry of “puente”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Latin	pōns	A bridge, a construction or natural feature that spans a divide
2	Latin	fractus	broken, shattered, having been broken;...
3	Latin	frangere	second-person singular future passive indicative...
4	Latin	frangō	to break, shatter
5	Proto-Indo-European	bʰrēǵ-	to shine, shimmer

Words derived from “puente”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰrēǵ- →Every word from Latin frangō →Every word from Latin frangere →