Where does “fountainously” come from?
fountainously (English) comes from English fountainous, from English ous, from English ou, from Afrikaans ou, from Dutch oud, from Middle Dutch out, from Old Dutch ald, from Proto-West Germanic ald — to grow, nourish.
fountainously (English): In a fountainous manner
Definitions
- In a fountainous manner
Ancestry of “fountainously”, step by step
fountainously traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English fountainous
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | fountainous | Resembling or characteristic of a fountain |
| 2 | English | ous | plural of ou |
| 3 | English | ou | A probably extinct species of Hawaiian... |
| 4 | Afrikaans | ou | An old fellow, guy, bloke; attributive form of... |
| 5 | Dutch | oud | old |
| 6 | Middle Dutch | out | old |
| 7 | Old Dutch | ald | — |
| 8 | Proto-West Germanic | ald | old |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | aldaz | old, grown up |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂eltós | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂él- | to grow, nourish |