Etymology

pond

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Today it means: An inland body of standing water, either natural or man-made, that is smaller than a lake. Full definition →

Middle English pond ← Old English *pond
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pond · noun, proper noun, verb1

  1. Old English · inherited from*pond
  2. Middle English · inherited frompond
  3. English todaypond

From Middle English pond, ponde (“pond, pool”), probably from Old English *pond, *pand (attested in placenames), a variant of *pund (“enclosure”). Doublet of pound.

pond · verb2

Clipping of ponder.

Pond · proper noun, proper noun3

* As an English surname, from both senses of the noun pound. * As a German and north/Low German surname, Americanized from Pfund and Pund respectively, both related to the above.

Words from the same roots

Middle Englishpond all →

hammer pond

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