pont leveiz

Old French

Alternative forms

• pont levëis (late)

Etymology

From pont (“bridge”) +‎ levëiz (“liftable”).

Noun

pont leveiz oblique singular, m (oblique plural pont leveiz, nominative singular pont leveiz, nominative plural pont leveiz)

1. drawbridge

Descendants

• French: pont-levis
  • → English: pontlevis

References

• Malkiel, Yakov. 1968. The Old French verbal abstracts in -ëiz. Zeitschrift für romanische Philologie 102. 33.