Etymology

pontinal

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Today it means: Describing a bone of the skull of certain fishes Full definition →

Latin pont-
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The story

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

From Latin pont- (“bridge”) + -ine (“of, pertaining”) + -al (“of, relating to”). By surface analysis, pontine + -al.

Words from the same roots

Latinpōns all →

ponsPontefractPontypoolponticBipontpons asinorumpontalpontileponto-

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