Etymograph

English

fond

Fond comes from Middle English fonnen ‘to be foolish, be simple, dote’.

  1. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500fonnen‘to be foolish, be simple, dote’
  2. Middle English, derivedc. 1150–1500fondpast participle of fonnen
  3. Englishearliest quotation c. 1595–1596same form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500fonnen‘to be foolish, be simple, dote’
  2. Middle English, derivedc. 1150–1500fondpast participle of fonnen
  3. Englishearliest quotation c. 1595–1596same form

Earliest quotation: c. 1595–1596, William Shakespeare, A Midsommer Nights Dreame: “more fond on her than she upon her love”.

Formed from fon + -ed

Middle English fonne

English fon

Every English word from Middle English fonnen

Another origin of fond

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*dʰewbʰ-‘to sink in’uncertain
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰudʰmḗn‘bottom’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰudʰnósreconstructed
  4. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰundʰósreconstructed
  5. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*fundosreconstructed
  6. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfundus‘bottom’
  7. Englishtodayfond

Today it means

adj Having a liking or affection (for).

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

Etymograph / Middle English fonnen / fond

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