Where does “フォント” come from?

フォント (Japanese) comes 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, from Proto-Indo-European dʰewbʰ- — smoke; mist, haze.

フォント (Japanese): font

Definitions

  1. font

Ancestry of “フォント”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishfontA receptacle in a church for holy water,...
2Middle Frenchfonte
3Old Frenchfondreto melt
4Latinfunderesecond-person singular present passive...
5LatinfundoI pour out, shed; I rout, scatter; I found, make...
6Latinfundusbottom; farm; piece of land; estate; ground
7Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰudʰmḗnbottom
8Proto-Indo-Europeandʰewbʰ-deep
9Proto-Indo-Europeandʰewh₂-smoke; mist, haze
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰewh₂-