Where does “fuselage” come from?
Fuselage comes from French fuselage, derived from French fuselé meaning spindle-shaped, from Old French fus, ultimately from Latin fundus meaning bottom or base.
fuselage (English): The main body of an aerospace vehicle; the long...
Definitions
- The main body of an aerospace vehicle; the long...
Ancestry of “fuselage”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | fuselage | fuselage |
| 2 | French | fuseler | to give the shape of a spindle |
| 3 | Old French | fusel | — |
| 4 | Old French | fus | — |
| 5 | Latin | fūsus | spindle |
| 6 | Latin | fundere | second-person singular present passive... |
| 7 | Latin | fundo | I pour out, shed; I rout, scatter; I found, make... |
| 8 | Latin | fundus | bottom; farm; piece of land; estate; ground |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰudʰmḗn | bottom |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰewbʰ- | deep |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰewh₂- | smoke; mist, haze |