Where does “fontaine” come from?

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

fontaine (Old French): fountain

Definitions

  1. fountain

Ancestry of “fontaine”, step by step

fontaine traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin fontāna

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

via Late Latin fontana

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Late Latinfontanaspring, fountain, source

Words derived from “fontaine”

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