Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗A narrow shallow boat, square at both ends, traditionally propelled by a pole.
To propel a punt or similar craft by means of a pole. · Of a fish, to walk along the seafloor using its fins as limbs.
From Old English punt, from Latin pontō (“Gaulish flat-bottomed boat, pontoon”), from pons (“bridge”); readopted from Middle Low German punte (“ferry boat”) or Middle Dutch ponte (“ferry boat”) of the same origin.
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