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Where does “typefounding” come from?

typefounding (English) comes from English founding, from English found, from Middle English founden, from Old French fondre, from Latin fundere, from Latin fundo, from Latin fundus, from Proto-Indo-European bʰudʰmḗn — smoke; mist, haze.

typefounding (English): traditional printing with physical type

Definitions

  1. traditional printing with physical type

Ancestry of “typefounding”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishfoundingpresent participle of found; The establishment of...
2Englishfoundsimple past tense and past participle of find;...
3Middle Englishfounden—
4Old Frenchfondreto melt
5Latinfunderesecond-person singular present passive...
6LatinfundoI pour out, shed; I rout, scatter; I found, make...
7Latinfundusbottom; farm; piece of land; estate; ground
8Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰudʰmḗnbottom
9Proto-Indo-Europeandʰewbʰ-deep
10Proto-Indo-Europeandʰewh₂-smoke; mist, haze
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