pons
Latin
noun
Definitions
- A bridge, a construction or natural feature that spans a divide.
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Indo-European *pónteh₁s (path, road), *pent- (go, pass, path, bridge, walk, way, drive away, send forth, path bridge, banish, come, rush, strive).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*pent-
Gloss
go, pass, path, bridge, walk, way, drive away, send forth, path bridge, banish, come, rush, strive
Concept
Semantic Field
Motion
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
歩
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Pontefract English
- fract English
- fractus English
- pontifex English
- retrofract English
- fractus Latin
- pontem Latin
- pontifex Latin
- pontus Latin
- fratto Italian
- ponticello Italian
- fractal French
- pontife French
- понтифик Russian
- pontífice Spanish, Castilian
- Προποντίς Ancient Greek
- Πόντος Ancient Greek
- πάτος Ancient Greek
- πατέω Ancient Greek
- ποντοπόρος Ancient Greek
- πόντος Ancient Greek
- Ἑλλήσποντος Ancient Greek
- *(s)pent- Proto-Indo-European
- *p(o)nt-h₁- Proto-Indo-European
- *pent- Proto-Indo-European
- *pn̥tstós Proto-Indo-European
- *pónteh₁s Proto-Indo-European
- *póntoh₁s Proto-Indo-European
- pontífice Portuguese
- *fandōną Proto-Germanic
- *finþaną Proto-Germanic
- *fundiz Proto-Germanic
- *funsijaną Proto-Germanic
- oppfinnar Norwegian Nynorsk
- befindan Old English
- findan Old English
- gefindan Old English
- onfindan Old English
- अर्धपथ Sanskrit
- अर्धपथे Sanskrit
- पथिन् Sanskrit
- finden Middle English
- fundr Old Norse
- fýsinn Old Norse
- *pǫtь Proto-Slavic
- فن Arabic
- فَنّ Arabic
- sfârtica Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- پند Persian
- անհուն Old Armenian
- հուն Old Armenian
- pontife Middle French
- *fanþijō gmw-pro
- *finþan gmw-pro
- pantha Pali
- *patʰás Proto-Indo-Iranian
- pontifex Slovak
- pont Maltese
- пѫть Church Slavic, Church Slavonic, Old Church Slavonic, Old Slavonic, Old Bulgarian
- пѫтьникъ Church Slavic, Church Slavonic, Old Church Slavonic, Old Slavonic, Old Bulgarian
- *pántaHs Proto-Indo-Aryan
- ponti Sicilian
- *pont- Proto-Balto-Slavic
- հուն Middle Armenian
- pad West Flemish
- پونده Pashto, Pushto