Etymology

Ponteland

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Today it means: A town and civil parish with a town council in southern Northumberland, England (OS grid ref NZ1672). Full definition →

Anglo-Norman pont ← Middle English īland
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The story

  1. Middle English · inherited fromīland“island”
  2. Anglo-Norman · derived frompont“bridge”
  3. English todayPonteland

From Anglo-Norman pont (“bridge”) + Middle English īland (“island”).

Words from the same roots

Middle Englishīland all →

island

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.