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Where does “fundraiser” come from?

Fundraiser derives from English fund and English raise, tracing to Latin fundus (bottom, base) and fundere (to pour), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰew- (to pour or flow).

fundraiser (English): An event undertaken to get money by voluntary...

Definitions

  1. An event undertaken to get money by voluntary...

Ancestry of “fundraiser”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishraiserA person or thing that raises; A kind of armchair...
2English-erA person or thing that does an action indicated...
3Middle English-eragentive suffix; agent noun suffix
4Old French-erAlternative form of -ier, verbal suffix;...
5Latin-āre—
6Proto-Italic-āōForms primarily denominative verbs
7Proto-Indo-European-eh₂yétiCreates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive...
8Proto-Indo-European-yétiCreates intransitive, often deponent,...
9Proto-Indo-Europeanyé-—
10Chichewaiyehe, she
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