fondement

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French fondement, from Old French fondement, from Latin fundamentum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɔ̃d.mɑ̃/

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Noun

fondement m (plural fondements)

1. foundation
2. fundament (anus)

Related terms

• fondamental
• fonder

Descendants

• → Romanian: fundament

Further reading

• “fondement”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Middle English

Noun

fondement

1. alternative form of foundement

Old French

Alternative forms

• fundement

Etymology

From Latin fundamentum.

Noun

fondement oblique singular, m (oblique plural fondemenz or fondementz, nominative singular fondemenz or fondementz, nominative plural fondement)

1. foundation, start, beginning
2. foundation (of a building)

Descendants

• French: fondement
  • → Romanian: fundament
• → Middle Dutch: fondament
  • Dutch: fundament (see there for further descendants)
• → Middle English: foundement
  • English: foundment (obsolete)
  • Middle Scots: foundement, fundement
  • ⇒ Middle English: fundament
    • English: fundament (obsolete foundament)
      • → Welsh: ffwndament
    • Middle Scots: fundament