Where does “effondrement” come from?

effondrement (French) comes from French effondrer, from Old French esfondrer, from Vulgar Latin exfunderare, from Latin fundus, from Proto-Indo-European bʰudʰmḗn, from Proto-Indo-European dʰewbʰ-, from Proto-Indo-European dʰewh₂- — smoke; mist, haze.

effondrement (French): collapse

Definitions

  1. collapse

Ancestry of “effondrement”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frencheffondrerto collapse
2Old Frenchesfondrer—
3Vulgar Latinexfunderare—
4Latinfundusbottom; farm; piece of land; estate; ground
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰudʰmḗnbottom
6Proto-Indo-Europeandʰewbʰ-deep
7Proto-Indo-Europeandʰewh₂-smoke; mist, haze
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰewh₂- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰewbʰ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰudʰmḗn →