Etymograph

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Fontanilla

Fontanilla comes from Italian fontanella ‘fontanel’, from fontana ‘fountain’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dʰenh₂- ‘to flow’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*dʰenh₂-‘to flow’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*fontis‘spring, well’reconstructed
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfōns‘water issuing from the ground, a spring’
  4. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEfontānus‘bearing a relation to the spring or source’
  5. Late Latinc. 200–600 CEfontāna‘spring, fountain, source’
  6. Italianc. 1300–presentfontana‘fountain’
  7. Italian, derivedc. 1300–presentfontanella‘fontanel’
  8. EnglishtodayFontanilla

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*dʰenh₂-‘to flow’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*fontis‘spring, well’reconstructed
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfōns‘water issuing from the ground, a spring’
  4. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEfontānus‘bearing a relation to the spring or source’
  5. Late Latinc. 200–600 CEfontāna‘spring, fountain, source’
  6. Italianc. 1300–presentfontana‘fountain’
  7. Italian, derivedc. 1300–presentfontanella‘fontanel’
  8. EnglishtodayFontanilla

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *dʰenh₂- ‘to flow’

dene, 3 more

through Latin fontānus ‘bearing a relation to the spring or source’

fountain, 1 more

Today it means

name A surname from Spanish of Spanish and Italian origin.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *dʰenh₂- / Fontanilla

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