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"fund (of money)" in seven languages

Meaningfund (of money)

Spanish

fondo

/ˈfondo/

masc.learned

A doublet of inherited hondo 'deep', which shows the usual F → h change; fondo kept the f.

French

fonds

/fɔ̃/

masc.inherited

Spelled with -s, unlike fond 'bottom', though they sound the same.

Italian

fondo

/ˈfondo/

masc.inherited

Portuguese

fundo

/ˈfũdu/

masc.inherited

Also 'bottom', as in Italian fondo.

Romanian

fond

/fond/

neut.borrowed · French fonds

The inherited Romanian descendant of FUNDUM is fund 'bottom'.

Catalan

fons

/fons/

masc.inherited

Invariable, and also 'bottom': el fons del mar.

English

fund

/fʌnd/

from Latin/French · Latin FUNDUS, influenced by French fonds

English → Italianfund (of money)fondoCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share

The Latin ancestor

FUNDUM‘bottom; a piece of land’

All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.

The story

A fund is literally the 'bottom', the base that money rests on. French split one word in two by spelling: fonds (money, stock) and fond (bottom).

English relatives: fundamental, profound, refund

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In a sentence

  • esCrearon un fondo para las víctimas.
  • frIls ont créé un fonds pour les victimes.
  • itHanno creato un fondo per le vittime.
  • ptCriaram um fundo para as vítimas.
  • roAu creat un fond pentru victime.
  • caHan creat un fons per a les víctimes.
  • enThey created a fund for the victims.

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