fountain

fountain · noun, verb¹

1. Latin · derived fromfontanus
2. Late Latin · derived fromfontana
3. Old French · derived fromfontaine
4. Middle English · inherited from[Term?]
5. English todayfountain

From Middle English [Term?]; from Old French fontaine (whence modern fontaine); from Late Latin fontana, from Latin fontanus, fontaneus, adjectives from fons (“source, spring”).

Fountain · proper noun²

Topographic surname for someone who lived near a fountain, spring or well.

Words from the same roots