Where does “fontaine” come from?

fontaine (Middle French) comes from Old French fontaine, from Latin fontāna, from Latin fontānus, from Latin fons, from Latin fontis — genitive singular of fōns.

fontaine (Middle French): fountain

Definitions

  1. fountain

Ancestry of “fontaine”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchfontainefountain
2Latinfontānaspring, fountain, source
3Latinfontānusbearing a relation to the spring or source
4Latinfonsa spring, a fountain; fresh water, spring water;...
5Latinfontisgenitive singular of fōns

Words derived from “fontaine”

Every word from Latin fontis →Every word from Latin fons →Every word from Latin fontānus →