Where does “fontanelă” come from?
fontanelă (Romanian) comes from French fontanelle, from Old French fontenelle, from Old French fontaine, from Latin fontāna, from Latin fontānus, from Latin fons, from Latin fontis — genitive singular of fōns.
fontanelă (Romanian): fontanelle
Definitions
- fontanelle
Ancestry of “fontanelă”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | fontanelle | fontanelle |
| 2 | Old French | fontenelle | any place where two bones fuse together;... |
| 3 | Old French | fontaine | fountain |
| 4 | Latin | fontāna | spring, fountain, source |
| 5 | Latin | fontānus | bearing a relation to the spring or source |
| 6 | Latin | fons | a spring, a fountain; fresh water, spring water;... |
| 7 | Latin | fontis | genitive singular of fōns |