"founder" in seven languages
Meaningfounder
Spanish
fundador
/fundaˈdoɾ/
masc.learned
Feminine fundadora.
French
fondateur
/fɔ̃datœʁ/
masc.learned
Feminine fondatrice.
Italian
fondatore
/fondaˈtore/
masc.learned
Feminine fondatrice.
Portuguese
fundador
/fũdaˈdoh/
masc.learned
Romanian
fondator
/fondaˈtor/
masc.borrowed · French fondateur
Catalan
fundador
/fundəˈdo/
masc.learned
English
founder
/ˈfaʊndɚ/
from Latin/French · found (Old French fonder ← Latin FUNDĀRE) + -er
English → ItalianfounderfondatoreCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
FUNDĀTŌREM‘founder (from FUNDĀRE 'to lay the bottom')’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
To found something is to lay its bottom (FUNDUS): a founder builds from the ground up. Same family as English fund and fundamental.
English relatives: found, foundation, fund, fundamental
Learn it
In a sentence
- esEs el fundador de la empresa.
- frC'est le fondateur de l'entreprise.
- itÈ il fondatore dell'azienda.
- ptEle é o fundador da empresa.
- roEl e fondatorul companiei.
- caÉs el fundador de l'empresa.
- enHe's the founder of the company.
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