fonduk

English

Alternative forms

• fondak, fonduq, funduq, foundouk, fondouk, funduck

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *peh₂-

Proto-Indo-European *-énts

Proto-Indo-European *ph₂énts?

Proto-Hellenic *pánts

Ancient Greek πᾰν- (păn-)

Proto-Indo-European *deḱ-

Ancient Greek δοκ- (dok-)

Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.

Ancient Greek -ῐος (-ĭos)?

Ancient Greek -ῐον (-ĭon)

Ancient Greek -εῖον (-eîon)

Ancient Greek πανδοκεῖον (pandokeîon)bor.

Arabic فُنْدُق (funduq)bor.

English fonduk

Borrowed from Arabic فُنْدُق (funduq). The Arabic word entered and was borrowed between European languages repeatedly in various forms; this form is attested in English from the 19th century. Doublet of fonda and fondaco.

Noun

fonduk (plural fonduks)

1. A North African or Arabian inn or hotel.
   • 1991, Mark D. Meyerson, The Muslims of Valencia in the Age of Fernando and Isabel:

     Wine, if it was drunk anywhere in the morerías, was most likely served in the fonduks.

Hypernyms

• See Thesaurus:lodging place

References

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