Where does “fund” come from?

fund (Romanian) comes from Latin fundus, from Proto-Indo-European bʰudʰmḗn, from Proto-Indo-European dʰewbʰ-, from Proto-Indo-European dʰewh₂- — smoke; mist, haze.

fund (Romanian): bottom; backside; buttocks

Definitions

  1. bottom; backside; buttocks

Ancestry of “fund”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinfundusbottom; farm; piece of land; estate; ground
2Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰudʰmḗnbottom
3Proto-Indo-Europeandʰewbʰ-deep
4Proto-Indo-Europeandʰewh₂-smoke; mist, haze

Words derived from “fund”

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