Where does “fonto” come from?

fonto (Ido) comes from Esperanto fonto, from Italian fonte, from Latin fons, from Latin fontis — genitive singular of fōns.

fonto (Ido): spring water source, font

Definitions

  1. spring water source, font

Ancestry of “fonto”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantofontospring, well water source, fount, fountain
2Italianfontesource, spring; source or fount; font
3Latinfonsa spring, a fountain; fresh water, spring water;...
4Latinfontisgenitive singular of fōns

Words derived from “fonto”

Every word from Latin fontis →