fundamentalmente

Galician

Etymology

Etymology tree

Galician fundamental

Proto-Indo-European *men-

Proto-Indo-European *-tis

Proto-Indo-European *méntis

Proto-Italic *mentis

Latin mēns

Old Galician-Portuguese -mente

Galician -mente

Galician fundamentalmente

From fundamental + -mente.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fundamentalˈmente/ [fun̪.d̪a.mẽn̪.t̪ɑlˈmẽn̪.t̪ɪ]
• Rhymes: -ente
• Hyphenation: fun‧da‧men‧tal‧men‧te

Adverb

fundamentalmente

1. fundamentally

Portuguese

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *dʰewbʰ-?

Proto-Indo-European *-mḗn

Proto-Indo-European *bʰudʰmḗn

Proto-Indo-European *-nós

Proto-Indo-European *bʰudʰnós

Proto-Indo-European *bʰundʰós

Proto-Italic *fundos

Latin fundus

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu.

Proto-Italic *-ājō

Proto-Italic *-āō

Latin -ō

Latin fundō

Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥

Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom

Proto-Italic *-mentom

Latin -mentum

Latin fundāmentum

Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.?

Proto-Italic *-ālis

Latin -ālis

Latin fundāmentālisbor.

Portuguese fundamental

Proto-Indo-European *men-

Proto-Indo-European *-tis

Proto-Indo-European *méntis

Proto-Italic *mentis

Latin mēns

Old Galician-Portuguese -mente

Portuguese -mente

Portuguese fundamentalmente

From fundamental + -mente.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /fũ.da.mẽˌtawˈmẽ.t͡ʃi/ [fũ.da.mẽˌtaʊ̯ˈmẽ.t͡ʃi]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /fũ.da.mẽˌtawˈmẽ.t͡ʃi/ [fũ.da.mẽˌtaʊ̯ˈmẽ.t͡ʃi]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /fũ.da.mẽˌtawˈmẽ.te/ [fũ.da.mẽˌtaʊ̯ˈmẽ.te]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /fũ.dɐ.mẽˌtalˈmẽ.tɨ/ [fũ.dɐ.mẽˌtaɫˈmẽ.tɨ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /fũ.dɐ.mẽˌtalˈmẽ.tɨ/ [fũ.dɐ.mẽˌtaɫˈmẽ.tɨ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /fũ.dɐ.mẽˌta.liˈmẽ.tɨ/

• Hyphenation: fun‧da‧men‧tal‧men‧te

Adverb

fundamentalmente (comparable, comparative mais fundamentalmente, superlative o mais fundamentalmente)

1. fundamentally

Further reading

• “fundamentalmente”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “fundamentalmente”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Spanish fundamental

Proto-Indo-European *men-

Proto-Indo-European *-tis

Proto-Indo-European *méntis

Proto-Italic *mentis

Latin mēns

Old Spanish -mente

Spanish -mente

Spanish fundamentalmente

From fundamental + -mente.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fundaˌmentalˈmente/ [fũn̪.d̪aˌmẽn̪.t̪alˈmẽn̪.t̪e]
• Rhymes: -ente
• Syllabification: fun‧da‧men‧tal‧men‧te

Adverb

fundamentalmente

1. fundamentally
   • 2020 July 9, Carlos E. Cué, Miguel González, “Sánchez plantea revisar la inviolabilidad del Rey en la Constitución”, in El País‎^[1], archived from the original on 10 July 2020:

     Cuando se le preguntó si se está buscando “alguna salida” para el rey emérito, Calvo respondió que el futuro de Juan Carlos I “compete fundamentalmente a la decisión que tome el jefe de la Casa Real, que es el actual rey Felipe VI”.

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Related terms

• fundamental
• fundamentar
• fundamento
• fundar

Further reading

• “fundamentalmente”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025