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
- A leading or primary principle, rule, law, or...
Ancestry of “fundamental”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | fundāmentālis | foundation |
| 2 | Latin | fundāmentum | foundation |
| 3 | Latin | fundō | to pour out, shed |
| 4 | Latin | fundus | bottom; farm; piece of land; estate; ground |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰudʰmḗn | bottom |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰewbʰ- | deep |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰewh₂- | smoke; mist, haze |
Words derived from “fundamental”
- fundamentally
- fundamentals
- fundamentalist
- fundamentalism
- funda
- fundamentality
- nonfundamental
- fundamentalistic
- nonfundamentalist
- antifundamentalist
- antifundamentalism
- fundamentalness
- fundamentalistically
- ultrafundamentalist
- antifundamental
- bifundamental
- prefundamental
- fundamental
- fundamentalize
- unfundamental
- fundamentalisme
- fondamentaliste
- fondamentalisme
- fundamentalizmus