Where does “fountaineer” come from?

fountaineer (English) comes from English fountain, from Old French fontaine, from Latin fontāna, from Latin fontānus, from Latin fons, from Latin fontis — genitive singular of fōns.

fountaineer (English): Someone who makes fountains; Someone interested...

Definitions

  1. Someone who makes fountains; Someone interested...

Ancestry of “fountaineer”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishfountainA natural source of water; a spring; An...
2Old Frenchfontainefountain
3Latinfontānaspring, fountain, source
4Latinfontānusbearing a relation to the spring or source
5Latinfonsa spring, a fountain; fresh water, spring water;...
6Latinfontisgenitive singular of fōns
Every word from Latin fontis →Every word from Latin fons →Every word from Latin fontānus →