fòntego

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Venetian

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Etymology

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From Arabic فُنْدُق (funduq), from Ancient Greek πάνδοκος (pándokos), πανδοκεῖον (pandokeîon, “inn”). Compare Italian fondaco.

Noun

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fòntego m (plural fònteghi)

  1. fondaco, trading post

Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • Boerio, Giuseppe (1867) “fòntego”, in Dizionario del dialetto veneziano, 3rd edition, Venice: G. Cecchini, page 279
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