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fundament

Meaningfoundation

Common meaning: base or, informally, the buttocks

Journey through time

  1. Latinfundamentum‘foundation’source
  2. Old Frenchfondement‘foundation’source
  3. Middle Englishfoundement‘foundation’source
  4. Englishmeaning shiftsfoundation → base or, informally, the buttocksfundament‘base or, informally, the buttocks’ · today

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: not available. Respelling: generated.
  • US IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.

Origin: Built on Latin fundamentum ‘foundation’.

Roots

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