ABSTRACT
OF-F ponton, whence E pontoon and the (ICC AE syn ponton; L pontd, S ponto, in Caesar's Gallic Wars a punt, also becomes OE-E punt;
LL pontfUs, of or like a bridge, yields the rare adj pontile; the derivative LL n pontile, a bridgeblce structure, becomes F pontil, occ used in E but much less common than its derivative punty (in glass-making);
c:f the bridge-toll pontage, adopted from late MF-EF pontage (F pont+-tJge).
