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 oblique singular, 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
- → Middle English: ponchon, punchon, ponchoun, punchoun
- English: puncheon
References
[edit]- ponchon on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub
- Etymology and history of “poinçon”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.