Where does “fundraising” come from?
Fundraising derives from English raising combined with French fond, from Latin fundus meaning bottom or foundation, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰew-.
fundraising (English): The process of collecting money by requesting...
Definitions
- The process of collecting money by requesting...
Ancestry of “fundraising”, step by step
fundraising traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English raising
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | raising | present participle of raise; Elevation;... |
| 2 | Middle English | reysynge | Revival; renewal; quickening |
| 3 | Middle English | reysen | To enter into service for a foreign military... |
| 4 | Middle Dutch | reisen | to travel, to go on a journey |
| 5 | Old Dutch | reison | — |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | *raisōn | to set out, depart, journey |
| 7 | Finnish | raisu | boisterous, rambunctious |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | raisō | a travel, journey |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁rey- | to arise, arise; to rise, arise; to rise; arise |