Etymology

Pontyates

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Today it means: A long village in Llangyndeyrn community and Llanelli Rural community, Carmarthenshire, Wales (OS grid ref SN4608). Full definition →

Welsh pont
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The story

  1. Welsh · derived frompont“bridge”
  2. English todayPontyates

From Welsh pont (“bridge”) and possibly iet (“gate”)

Words from the same roots

Welshpont all →

Pont-HenriPontlliwPont-y-pant

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.