Where does “Pontevedra” come from?
Pontevedra (Spanish) comes from Galician Pontevedra, from Galician ponte, from Old Portuguese ponte, from Latin pōns, from Latin fractus, from Latin frangere, from Latin frangō, from Proto-Indo-European bʰrēǵ- — to shine, shimmer.
Ancestry of “Pontevedra”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Galician | Pontevedra | — |
| 2 | Galician | ponte | bridge; bridge; the deck from which a ship is... |
| 3 | Old Portuguese | ponte | — |
| 4 | Latin | pōns | A bridge, a construction or natural feature that spans a divide |
| 5 | Latin | fractus | broken, shattered, having been broken;... |
| 6 | Latin | frangere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 7 | Latin | frangō | to break, shatter |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰrēǵ- | to shine, shimmer |