English

found

/ˈfaʊ̯nd/
Food and lodging; board.

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    Origin

    Etymology 1

    See find.

    Etymology 2

    From Middle English founden, from Old French founder (Modern French: fonder), from Latin fundāre. Compare fund.

    Etymology 3

    From Middle English founden, from Old French fondre, from Latin fundere. Cognate with Spanish fundir and hundir, and French fondre.

    From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.

    Lineage

    • rootProto-Indo-European*ǵʰewd- “to pour”
    • inheritedMiddle Englishfounden
      • derivedOld Frenchfounder
        • derivedLatinfundō “pour, melt, cast”
          • partLatinfundus “bottom”
            • inheritedProto-Italic*fundos
            • derivedProto-Indo-European*bʰudʰ-(m)n-o
          • inheritedProto-Italic*hundō “to pour out”
          • derivedProto-Italic*hundō “to pour out”
          • partLatin-ō “denominative”
            • inheritedProto-Italic*-āō
            • derivedProto-Indo-European*-ō
            • inheritedProto-Italic*-ōd
            • derivedProto-Indo-European*-Hō
      • derivedOld Frenchfondre

    Related: Spanish fundir, French fondre

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