Where does “apuntament” come from?
apuntament (Romanian) comes from French appontement, from French apponter, from French ponter, from French pont, from Old French pont, from Latin pōns, from Latin fractus, from Latin frangere — to shine, shimmer.
apuntament (Romanian): wharf
Definitions
- wharf
Ancestry of “apuntament”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | appontement | landing stage |
| 2 | French | apponter | to land |
| 3 | French | ponter | to build a bridge |
| 4 | French | pont | bridge; deck |
| 5 | Old French | pont | bridge |
| 6 | Latin | pōns | A bridge, a construction or natural feature that spans a divide |
| 7 | Latin | fractus | broken, shattered, having been broken;... |
| 8 | Latin | frangere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 9 | Latin | frangō | to break, shatter |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰrēǵ- | to shine, shimmer |