English
fund
Fund comes from Latin fundus ‘bottom; piece of land, estate’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰudʰmḗn ‘bottom’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰudʰmḗn‘bottom’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰudʰ-(m)n-o-sreconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*fundosreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfundus‘bottom; piece of land, estate’
- Englishearliest quotation 1856fund
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰudʰmḗn‘bottom’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰudʰ-(m)n-o-sreconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*fundosreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfundus‘bottom; piece of land, estate’
- Englishearliest quotation 1856fund
Earliest quotation: 1856, Thomas Babington Macaulay, Oliver Goldsmith: “an inexhaustible fund of stories”.
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *dʰewbʰ- ‘to sink in’
deep, depth, dumb, dave, dip, deaf, dove, dub, bottomless, typhus, doof, 21 more
through Proto-Indo-European *bʰudʰmḗn ‘bottom’
through Proto-Indo-European *bʰudʰnós
through Proto-Italic *fundos
through Latin fundus ‘bottom’
Today it means
noun A sum or source of money.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *bʰudʰmḗn / fund