Where does “fontos” come from?
fontos (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian fönt, from English font, from Middle French fonte, from Old French fondre, from Latin fundere, from Latin fundo, from Latin fundus, from Proto-Indo-European bʰudʰmḗn — smoke; mist, haze.
fontos (Hungarian): important; -pound, of the value or weight of a...
Definitions
- important; -pound, of the value or weight of a...
Ancestry of “fontos”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Hungarian | fönt | Alternative form of fent |
| 2 | English | font | A receptacle in a church for holy water,... |
| 3 | Middle French | fonte | — |
| 4 | Old French | fondre | to melt |
| 5 | Latin | fundere | second-person singular present passive... |
| 6 | Latin | fundo | I pour out, shed; I rout, scatter; I found, make... |
| 7 | Latin | fundus | bottom; farm; piece of land; estate; ground |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰudʰmḗn | bottom |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰewbʰ- | deep |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰewh₂- | smoke; mist, haze |
Words derived from “fontos”