Where does “effondrer” come from?
effondrer (French) comes 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.
effondrer (French): to collapse
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Words derived from “effondrer”