Where does “ponto” come from?

ponto (Spanish) comes from Latin pontus, from Ancient Greek Πόντος, from Proto-Hellenic *póntos — sea.

ponto (Spanish): sea; seas

Definitions

  1. sea; seas

Ancestry of “ponto”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinpontusthe sea, the deep; a wave
2Ancient GreekΠόντοςPontus, a region on the southeastern shores of...
3Proto-Hellenic*póntossea
Every word from Proto-Hellenic *póntos →Every word from Ancient Greek Πόντος →Every word from Latin pontus →