Where does “foundrywoman” come from?
foundrywoman (English) comes from English foundry, from French fonderie, from French fondre, from Old French fondre, from Latin fundere, from Latin fundo, from Latin fundus, from Proto-Indo-European bʰudʰmḗn — smoke; mist, haze.
foundrywoman (English): A woman who works in a foundry
Definitions
- A woman who works in a foundry
Ancestry of “foundrywoman”, step by step
foundrywoman traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English foundry
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | foundry | A facility that melts metals in special furnaces... |
| 2 | French | fonderie | foundry |
| 3 | French | fondre | to melt, melt down, smelt; to melt; to melt away,... |
| 4 | Old French | fondre | to melt |
| 5 | Latin | fundere | second-person singular present passive... |
| 6 | Latin | fundo | I pour out, shed; I rout, scatter; I found, make... |
| 7 | Latin | fundus | bottom; farm; piece of land; estate; ground |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰudʰmḗn | bottom |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰewbʰ- | deep |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰewh₂- | smoke; mist, haze |
via English woman
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | woman | An adult female human; All female humans... |
| 2 | Middle English | womman | An female adult person; a woman; The female sex... |
| 3 | Old English | wīfmann | woman; female servant; woman |
| 4 | Old English | mann | person; man meaning mankind; man meaning adult... |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | mann | person, human |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | *mann- | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | men- | to think, mind; spiritual activity; to stay,... |