Where does “fontaine” come from?
fontaine (French) comes from Latin fontana, from Latin fontanus, from Latin -anus, from Latin -um, from Proto-Italic *-om, from Proto-Indo-European *-oHom.
fontaine (French): fountain; cistern ; tank; standpipe
Definitions
- fountain; cistern ; tank; standpipe
Ancestry of “fontaine”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | fontana | spring, fountain, source |
| 2 | Latin | fontanus | bearing a relation to the spring or source;... |
| 3 | Latin | -anus | Of or pertaining to; -ian |
| 4 | Latin | -um | nominative neuter singular of -us; accusative... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | *-om | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | *-oHom | — |
Words derived from “fontaine”