pont leveiz
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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.