Etymology

Pontefract

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Today it means: A town in the Metropolitan Borough of Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE4522). Full definition →

Latin pons
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromfractus“broken”
  2. Latin · derived frompons“bridge”
  3. English todayPontefract

From Latin pons (“bridge”) + Latin fractus (“broken”).

Words from the same roots

Latinpons all →

ponsPontypoolponticBipontpons asinorumpontalpontilepontinalponto-

Latinfractus all →

fractalfractfracto-fractusretrofract

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