Etymology

pone

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Today it means: A writ in law used by the superior courts to remove cases from inferior courts. Full definition →

Middle English pone ← Anglo-Norman pone ← Late Latin pone
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pone · noun1

  1. Latin · derived frompōne
  2. Late Latin · derived frompone
  3. Anglo-Norman · derived frompone
  4. Middle English · inherited frompone
  5. English todaypone

Inherited from Middle English pone, from Anglo-Norman pone, from Late Latin pone, from Latin pōne, imperative of pōnere (“to place”).

pone · noun2

  1. Proto-Algonquian · derived from*apwa·n“thing which has been baked or roasted”
  2. Powhatan · borrowed fromapones
  3. English todaypone

Borrowed from Powhatan apones, appoans (“bread”), from Proto-Algonquian *apwa·n (“thing which has been baked or roasted”), whence also Abenaki abôn (“bread”).

pone · noun3

  1. Latin · borrowed fromponere
  2. English todaypone

Perhaps borrowed from Latin ponere.

Words from the same roots

Latinponere all →

poseponibility

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