Where does “fondeur” come from?

fondeur (Middle French) comes from Latin fundō, from Latin fundus, from Proto-Indo-European bʰudʰmḗn, from Proto-Indo-European dʰewbʰ-, from Proto-Indo-European dʰewh₂- — smoke; mist, haze.

Ancestry of “fondeur”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Latin	fundō	to pour out, shed
2	Latin	fundus	bottom; farm; piece of land; estate; ground
3	Proto-Indo-European	bʰudʰmḗn	bottom
4	Proto-Indo-European	dʰewbʰ-	deep
5	Proto-Indo-European	dʰewh₂-	smoke; mist, haze

Words derived from “fondeur”

founder
cofounder
foundress
brassfounder
founderous
foundership
bronzefounder
foundereth
founderitis
bellfounder
founderer
ironfounder
letterfounder
nonfounder
refoundress

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