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Where does “fundamental” come from?

Fundamental derives from Late Latin fundamentalis, from Latin fundamentum (foundation), from the root fundus (bottom) with the suffix -mentum, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European roots meaning to pour or flow.

fundamental (English): A leading or primary principle, rule, law, or...

Definitions

  1. A leading or primary principle, rule, law, or...

Ancestry of “fundamental”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinfundāmentālis—
2Latinfundāmentum—
3Latinfundō—
4Latinfundusbottom; farm; piece of land; estate; ground
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰudʰmḗnbottom
6Proto-Indo-Europeandʰewbʰ-deep
7Proto-Indo-Europeandʰewh₂-smoke; mist, haze

Words derived from “fundamental”

  • fundamentally
  • fundamentals
  • fundamentalist
  • fundamentalism
  • funda
  • fundamentality
  • nonfundamental
  • fundamentalistic
  • nonfundamentalist
  • antifundamentalist
  • antifundamentalism
  • fundamentalness
  • fundamentalistically
  • ultrafundamentalist
  • bifundamental
  • prefundamental
  • antifundamental
  • fundamentalizmus
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