Pondus
/ΛpΙn.dus/noun
A Latin noun meaning 'weight' or 'heaviness.'
Did you know?Pondus is the ancient Latin weight-word behind English *ponder*, *ponderous*, and *impound*, showing how ideas of physical heaviness became metaphors for mental and legal pressure.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*penk-
βto weigh, balance, or be heavyβ
Latin
Latin
pondus
βweight; heaviness; a loadβ
Late Latin
Latin
ponderare
βto weigh carefully; to considerβ
Old French
Old French
pondre
βto weigh, considerβ
Middle English
English
ponderen
βto think over carefullyβ
Modern English
English
ponder
βto think about carefullyβ