pone

Meaning

Noun

• A writ in law used by the superior courts to remove cases from inferior courts.
• A writ to enforce appearance in court by attaching goods or requiring securities.
• A baked or fried cornbread (bread made of cornmeal), often made without milk or eggs.
• The last player to bet or play in turn.

Origin

• From Anglo-Norman pone and its source, Late Latin pone, from Latin pōne, imperative form of pōnere.
• From Powhatan apones, appoans, from Proto-Algonquian *apwa·n, whence also Abenaki abôn ("bread").
• Perhaps from Latin ponere.