Etymology

fondamento

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Italian fondamento
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  1. Italian · borrowed fromfondamento“foundation”
  2. English todayfondamento

Borrowed from Italian fondamento (“foundation”). By surface analysis, fond (“background”) + Italian -amento. Doublet of fundament.

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