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Where does “fondo” come from?

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

fondo (Spanish): bottom; back; fund, funding

Definitions

  1. bottom; back; fund, funding

Ancestry of “fondo”, 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 “fondo”

  • desfondar
  • fondista
  • pundo
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