Where does “cofondateur” come from?
cofondateur (French) comes from French fondateur, from Latin fundator, from Latin fundō, from Latin fundus, from Proto-Indo-European bʰudʰmḗn, from Proto-Indo-European dʰewbʰ-, from Proto-Indo-European dʰewh₂- — smoke; mist, haze.
cofondateur (French): cofounder
Ancestry of “cofondateur”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | fondateur | founder |
| 2 | Latin | fundator | founder; second-person singular future passive... |
| 3 | Latin | fundō | — |
| 4 | Latin | fundus | bottom; farm; piece of land; estate; ground |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰudʰmḗn | bottom |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰewbʰ- | deep |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰewh₂- | smoke; mist, haze |