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Where does “fundamento” come from?

fundamento (Esperanto) comes from Latin fundāmentum, from Latin fundō, from Latin fundus, from Proto-Indo-European bʰudʰmḗn, from Proto-Indo-European dʰewbʰ-, from Proto-Indo-European dʰewh₂- — smoke; mist, haze.

fundamento (Esperanto): foundation

Definitions

  1. foundation

Ancestry of “fundamento”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinfundāmentum—
2Latinfundō—
3Latinfundusbottom; farm; piece of land; estate; ground
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰudʰmḗnbottom
5Proto-Indo-Europeandʰewbʰ-deep
6Proto-Indo-Europeandʰewh₂-smoke; mist, haze

Words derived from “fundamento”

  • fundamente
  • fundamentisto
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