English
Pontus
Pontus comes from Ancient Greek Πόντος ‘Black Sea, Pontus’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *pent- ‘to pass’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*pent-‘to pass’root as named · steps between not traced
- Mycenaean Greekmodernpo-totransliteratedoriginal script po-to, a transliteration
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEΠόντοςPóntos‘Black Sea, Pontus’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEPontus
- Englishtodaysame form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*pent-‘to pass’root as named · steps between not traced
- Mycenaean Greekmodernpo-totransliteratedoriginal script po-to, a transliteration
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEΠόντοςPóntos‘Black Sea, Pontus’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEPontus
- Englishtodaysame form
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *pent- ‘to pass’
find, path, patrol, pad, faze, sputnik, pontifical, pontiff, pons, pontoon, pontifex, 14 more
Today it means
name A sea god, particularly of the Black Sea.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *pent- / Pontus