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

References

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