pond
Dutch (Brabantic)
/pɔnt/
noun
Definitions
- unit of mass, often broadly similar to 500 grams
- one of several monetary units
Etymology
Inherited from Middle Dutch pont inherited from Old Dutch punt inherited from Proto-Germanic *pundą (weight, pound) derived from Latin pondō (by weight).
Origin
Latin
pondō
Gloss
by weight
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Amsterdam pound English
- geepound English
- impound English
- kilopound English
- multipound English
- petropound English
- pinfold English
- pound English
- poundable English
- poundage English
- poundal English
- pounder English
- poundkeeper English
- poundmaker English
- poundmaster English
- shorepound English
- tenpounder English
- pauna Finnish
- pondo Latin
- pondus Latin
- pondō Latin
- Amsterdam Dutch, Flemish
- Amsterdams Dutch, Flemish
- Amsterdams pond Dutch, Flemish
- apotheker Dutch, Flemish
- apothekerspond Dutch, Flemish
- *pend- Proto-Indo-European
- *pundą Proto-Germanic
- ポンド Japanese
- ヤード・ポンド法 Japanese
- pund Old English
- pound Middle English
- pund Old Norse
- पाउंड Hindi
- पौंड Hindi
- ปอนด์ Thai
- pont Middle Dutch
- pfunt Old High German
- pond Afrikaans
- ponndadh Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- punnd Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- pao Vietnamese
- Pond Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- 𐍀𐌿𐌽𐌳 Gothic
- punt Old Dutch
- *punta Proto-Finnic
- পাউণ্ড Assamese
- 磅 Chinese
- paundi Swahili
- pauni Swahili
- 파운드 Korean
- ផោន Central Khmer
- fam Hausa
- punthe Unami