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fund

/ˈfʌnd/FUHND
/ˈfʌnd/FUHND

Meaninga bottom; a ground

Common meaning: money kept for one particular use

Journey through time

  1. Latinfundus, -ī‘the bottom, the ground under something’
  2. Old Frenchfondsource
  3. Englishmeaning shiftsthe bottom, the ground under something → money kept for one particular usefund‘money kept for one particular use’ · today

fund also in: fundingdefundprofound

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Latin fundus ‘the bottom, the ground under something’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry fundus, p. 793 · dictionary scan

Roots

  • fundus, -ī Latin “the bottom, the ground under something”

Related words

defundfundingprofound

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