Where does “newfound” come from?
Newfound combines English new with English found, where found derives from Old French fondre, Latin fundo, and ultimately Proto-Indo-European ǵʰew-, meaning to pour or cast.
newfound (English): Recently found; newly discovered
Definitions
- Recently found; newly discovered
Ancestry of “newfound”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | found | simple past tense and past participle of find;... |
| 2 | Middle English | founden | — |
| 3 | Old French | fondre | to melt |
| 4 | Latin | fundere | second-person singular present passive... |
| 5 | Latin | fundo | I pour out, shed; I rout, scatter; I found, make... |
| 6 | Latin | fundus | bottom; farm; piece of land; estate; ground |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰudʰmḗn | bottom |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰewbʰ- | deep |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰewh₂- | smoke; mist, haze |