Etymograph

English

Superfund

From super- + fund.

A compound of super- + fund

Proto-Indo-European *bʰudʰmḗn ‘bottom’

Proto-Indo-European *bʰudʰ-(m)n-o-s

Proto-Italic *fundos

Latin fundus ‘bottom; piece of land, estate’

English fund

Today it means

noun A large amount of money designated for environmental cleanup by the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) of 1980.

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

Etymograph / Superfund