Where does “fontein” come from?

fontein (Dutch) comes from French fontaine, from Latin fontana, from Latin fontanus, from Latin -anus, from Latin -um, from Proto-Italic *-om, from Proto-Indo-European *-oHom.

fontein (Dutch): a well, spring; a fountain, monumental or small...

Definitions

  1. a well, spring; a fountain, monumental or small...

Ancestry of “fontein”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchfontainefountain
2Latinfontanaspring, fountain, source
3Latinfontanusbearing a relation to the spring or source;...
4Latin-anusOf or pertaining to; -ian
5Latin-umnominative neuter singular of -us; accusative...
6Proto-Italic*-om—
7Proto-Indo-European*-oHom—

Words derived from “fontein”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European *-oHom →