pons

Betekenis (Engels)

1. (declension-3) A bridge, a construction or natural feature that spans a divide.
2. (declension-3) deck

Vertalings

bridge

ponte

Brücke

puente

ponte

γέφυρα

pont

köprü

brug

pont

pir

جسر

pònt

bóveda

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

[ˈpõːs]

Etimologie (Engels)

From Proto-Italic *ponts, from Proto-Indo-European *póntoh₁s (“path, road”), from *pent- (“path”).
Cognate with Sanskrit पन्था (pánthā-), Ancient Greek πόντος (póntos), Old Armenian հուն (hun, “riverbed”), Old English findan (English find), and Old Church Slavonic пѫть (pǫtĭ, “road”). Doublet of Pontus.