Where does “Fontaine” come from?

Fontaine (French) comes from Middle French fontaine, from Old French fontaine, from Latin fontāna, from Latin fontānus, from Latin fons, from Latin fontis — genitive singular of fōns.

Fontaine (French): village in Aisne

Definitions

  1. village in Aisne

Ancestry of “Fontaine”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchfontainefountain
2Old Frenchfontainefountain
3Latinfontānaspring, fountain, source
4Latinfontānusbearing a relation to the spring or source
5Latinfonsa spring, a fountain; fresh water, spring water;...
6Latinfontisgenitive singular of fōns

Words derived from “Fontaine”

Every word from Latin fontis →Every word from Latin fons →Every word from Latin fontānus →