ponchon
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Old French[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Either a derivation from a Vulgar Latin verb *punctiāre from punctus or from Latin punctiōnem, accusative singular of punctiō.
Noun[edit]
ponchon m (oblique plural ponchons, nominative singular ponchons, nominative plural ponchon)
Descendants[edit]
- Middle French: poinçon, poinson, poinchon
- French: poinçon
- Middle French: ponction, poncion
- French: ponction
- → Muddle English: ponchon, punchon, ponchoun, punchoun
- English: puncheon
References[edit]
- ponchon on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub
- “poinçon” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).