pont leveiz
Old French edit
Alternative forms edit
- pont levëis (late)
Etymology edit
From pont (“bridge”) + levëiz (“liftable”).
Noun edit
pont leveiz oblique singular, m (oblique plural pont leveiz, nominative singular pont leveiz, nominative plural pont leveiz)
Descendants edit
- French: pont-levis
- → English: pontlevis
References edit
- Malkiel, Yakov. 1968. The Old French verbal abstracts in -ëiz. Zeitschrift für romanische Philologie 102. 33.