ponchon

== Old French == === Alternative forms === ponson poinçon === Etymology === Either a derivation from a Vulgar Latin verb *punctiāre from punctus or from Latin punctiōnem, accusative singular of punctiō. === Noun === ponchon oblique singular, m (oblique plural ponchons, nominative singular ponchons, nominative plural ponchon) puncheon (cask) puncheon (wooden support) puncheon (stamp) ==== Descendants ==== Middle French: poinçon, poinson, poinchon French: poinçon Middle French: ponction, poncion French: ponction → Middle English: ponchon, punchon, ponchoun, punchoun English: puncheon === References === ponchon on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub Etymology and history of “poinçon”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012