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Where does “fund” come from?

Fund comes from French fond, from Latin fundus meaning "bottom" or "foundation," ultimately from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰew-.

fund (English): A sum or source of money; An organization...

Definitions

  1. A sum or source of money; An organization...

Ancestry of “fund”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinfundusbottom; farm; piece of land; estate; ground
2Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰudʰmḗnbottom
3Proto-Indo-Europeandʰewbʰ-deep
4Proto-Indo-Europeandʰewh₂-smoke; mist, haze

Words derived from “fund”

  • funding
  • fundraising
  • fundraiser
  • funder
  • fundable
  • superfund
  • fundraise
  • fundholder
  • overfunding
  • defund
  • fundholding
  • underfund
  • subfund
  • unfundable
  • overfund
  • fundless
  • megafund
  • nonfundraising
  • antifunding
  • crowdfunder
  • crowdfund
  • crowdfunding
  • crowdfunding
  • crowdfunding
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