English
foundery
Foundery comes from French fonderie ‘foundry’, from fondre ‘to melt, melt down, smelt’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰewd- ‘to pour’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵʰewd-‘to pour’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*hundō‘to pour out’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfundere‘to melt’
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400fondre‘to melt’
- Frenchc. 1600–presentsame form‘to melt, melt down, smelt’
- French, derivedc. 1600–presentfonderie‘foundry’
- Englishtodayfoundery
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵʰewd-‘to pour’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*hundō‘to pour out’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfundere‘to melt’
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400fondre‘to melt’
- Frenchc. 1600–presentsame form‘to melt, melt down, smelt’
- French, derivedc. 1600–presentfonderie‘foundry’
- Englishtodayfoundery
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰewd- ‘to pour’
yet, confused, refuse, gut, fuse, font, diffusion, infusion, profusion, perfusion, effusive, effusion, 40 more
through Proto-Italic *hundō ‘to pour out’
confusion, fusion, confuse, refund, diffuse, funnel, infuse, confound, 42 more
through French fondre ‘to melt, melt down, smelt’
Today it means
noun —
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰewd- / foundery