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

Definitions

  1. to collapse

Ancestry of “effondrer”, step by step

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

Words derived from “effondrer”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰewh₂- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰewbʰ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰudʰmḗn →