pontic

pontic · noun, adjective¹

1. Latin · derived frompont-“bridge”
2. English todaypontic

From Latin pont- (“bridge”) + -ic (“of, pertaining to”).

Pontic · adjective, proper noun²

1. Ancient Greek · derived fromΠοντῐκός
2. Latin · borrowed fromponticus
3. English todayPontic

From Latin ponticus, from Ancient Greek Ποντῐκός (Pontĭkós), from Πόντος (Póntos, “Black Sea, Pontus”) + -ικός (-ikós, “-ic: forming adjectives”). Equivalent to Pontus + -ic. Doublet of bonduc and bundook.

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