pons的词源

英文词源

pons (n.)

"bridge," in various Latin expressions, from Latin pons "bridge, connecting gallery, walkway," earlier probably "way, passage," from PIE *pent- "to go, tread" (see find (v.)). Especially pons asinorum "bridge of asses," nickname for the fifth proposition of the first book of Euclid, which beginners and slow wits find difficulty in "getting over": if two sides of a triangle are equal, the angles opposite these sides also are equal.

中文词源

pons：桥

来自拉丁语pons,桥，来自PIE*pent,走，践踏，踩踏，来自PIE*ped,脚，词源同foot,path.

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