Where does “founder” come from?

Founder comes from Middle French fondeur, derived from Latin fundus meaning "bottom" or "foundation," ultimately from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰew-.

founder (English): One who founds or establishes; Someone for whose...

Definitions

  1. One who founds or establishes; Someone for whose...

Ancestry of “founder”, step by step

founder traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old French fondeur

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchfondeurfounder
2Latinfundatorfounder; second-person singular future passive...
3Latinfundōto pour out, shed
4Latinfundusbottom; farm; piece of land; estate; ground
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰudʰmḗnbottom
6Proto-Indo-Europeandʰewbʰ-deep
7Proto-Indo-Europeandʰewh₂-smoke; mist, haze

via Middle French fondeur

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchfondeur—

Words derived from “founder”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰewh₂- →