Etymology

ponent

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Today it means: The west; the area of the setting sun. Full definition →

Italian ponente
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  1. Italian · borrowed fromponente“west”
  2. English todayponent

Borrowed from Italian ponente (“west”), ultimately from pōnēns, present participle of pōnō (“to place”).

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