Where does “fontosba” come from?
fontosba (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian fontos, from Hungarian fönt, from English font, from Middle French fonte, from Old French fondre, from Latin fundere, from Latin fundo, from Latin fundus — smoke; mist, haze.
fontosba (Hungarian): illative singular of fontos
Definitions
- illative singular of fontos
Ancestry of “fontosba”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | fontos | important; -pound, of the value or weight of a... |
| 2 | Hungarian | fönt | Alternative form of fent |
| 3 | English | font | A receptacle in a church for holy water,... |
| 4 | Middle French | fonte | — |
| 5 | Old French | fondre | to melt |
| 6 | Latin | fundere | second-person singular present passive... |
| 7 | Latin | fundo | I pour out, shed; I rout, scatter; I found, make... |
| 8 | Latin | fundus | bottom; farm; piece of land; estate; ground |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰudʰmḗn | bottom |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰewbʰ- | deep |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰewh₂- | smoke; mist, haze |