English
fountainlike
From fountain + -like.
Formed from fountain + -like
Proto-Indo-European *dʰenh₂- ‘to flow’
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Latin fons ‘source, spring’
Latin fontanus ‘bearing a relation to the spring or source’
Late Latin fontana ‘spring, fountain, source’
Old French fontaine
English fountain
Today it means
adj Resembling or characteristic of a fountain.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / fountainlike