Pontia
Latin
proper noun
Definitions
- The most considerable island of the Pontine Islands in the Tyrrhenian Sea, now Ponza
Etymology
Affix from Latin pōns (bridge) borrowed from Ancient Greek πόντιος (of the sea).
Origin
Ancient Greek
πόντιος
Gloss
of the sea
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Bipont English
- cispontine English
- pons English
- pontic English
- pontinal English
- ponticulus Latin
- pōns Latin
- Ponza Italian
- πόντιος Ancient Greek
- *pont- Proto-Indo-European
- pùnt Romansh
- pons asinorum la-new