pond
Afrikaans
noun
Definitions
- pound currency
- pound unit of weight
Etymology
Inherited from Dutch, Flemish pond (pound) 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
- pondo Latin
- pondus Latin
- pondō Latin
- Amsterdams pond Dutch, Flemish
- apothekerspond Dutch, Flemish
- pond Dutch, Flemish
- *pend- Proto-Indo-European
- *pundą Proto-Germanic
- ポンド Japanese
- pund Old English
- pund Old Norse
- pont Middle Dutch
- pfunt Old High German
- 𐍀𐌿𐌽𐌳 Gothic
- punt Old Dutch
- *punta Proto-Finnic
- punthe Unami