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Does "pont", the Welsh word for "bridge" come from Latin or does it have a common Indo-European root with Latin?

Question #151516. Asked by chabenao1.
Last updated Aug 04 2024.
Originally posted Aug 01 2024 4:48 AM.

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Bridge is pont in Welsh, pons in Cornish and pont in Breton. All of these are doubtless cognate with pont in French, all from pons in Latin. The Latin word is thought to ultimately derive from a Proto-Indo_European root, "pónteh?s" meaning path or road.
link https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/pont#Welsh
link https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/pons#Latin

Aug 04 2024, 12:55 PM
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