Where does “fondre” come from?

fondre (Old French) comes from Latin fundere, from Latin fundo, from Latin fundus, from Proto-Indo-European bʰudʰmḗn, from Proto-Indo-European dʰewbʰ-, from Proto-Indo-European dʰewh₂- — smoke; mist, haze.

fondre (Old French): to melt

Definitions

  1. to melt

Ancestry of “fondre”, step by step

fondre traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin fundere

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinfunderesecond-person singular present passive...
2LatinfundoI pour out, shed; I rout, scatter; I found, make...
3Latinfundusbottom; farm; piece of land; estate; ground
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰudʰmḗnbottom
5Proto-Indo-Europeandʰewbʰ-deep
6Proto-Indo-Europeandʰewh₂-smoke; mist, haze

via Latin fundō

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinfundōto pour out, shed
2Latin-ōsuffixed to nouns or adjectives. Originally a-stem nouns. Later extended to nouns with other stems. Forms regular first-conjugation verbs
3Proto-Indo-European-ōDerives nouns from roots

Words derived from “fondre”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰewh₂- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰewbʰ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰudʰmḗn →