Etymology

foundation

found·da·tion
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Today it means: The act of founding, fixing, establishing, or beginning to erect. Full definition →

Middle English fundacioun ← Latin fundātiō ← Middle French fondation
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*dʰewbʰ-?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*bʰudʰmḗn
  3. Proto-Indo-European*bʰudʰnós
  4. Proto-Indo-European*bʰundʰós
  5. Proto-Italic*fundos
  6. Latinfundus
  7. Latinfundō
  8. Latinfundātiō
  9. Old Frenchfondacion
  10. Middle Frenchfondation
  11. Latinfundātiō
  12. Middle Englishfundacioun
  13. English todayfoundation

From Middle English foundacioun, fundacioun, from Old French fondacion, from Latin fundātiō (“founding, foundation”).

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