Where does “Fond” come from?

Fond (German) comes from French fond, from Latin fundus, from Proto-Indo-European bʰudʰmḗn, from Proto-Indo-European dʰewbʰ-, from Proto-Indo-European dʰewh₂- — smoke; mist, haze.

Fond (German): back (of a vehicle)

Definitions

  1. back (of a vehicle)

Ancestry of “Fond”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchfondback; bottom; fund; funding
2Latinfundusbottom; farm; piece of land; estate; ground
3Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰudʰmḗnbottom
4Proto-Indo-Europeandʰewbʰ-deep
5Proto-Indo-Europeandʰewh₂-smoke; mist, haze

Words derived from “Fond”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰewh₂- →