English
latifundio
Latifundio comes from Latin lātifundium ‘great landed estate, large farm’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *bʰudʰmḗn ‘bottom’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰudʰmḗn‘bottom’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰudʰnósreconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰundʰósreconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*fundosreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfundus‘farm, piece of land, estate, demesne’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CElātifundium‘great landed estate, large farm’
- Spanishc. 1500–presentlatifundio
- Englishearliest quotation 1997same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰudʰmḗn‘bottom’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰudʰnósreconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰundʰósreconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*fundosreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfundus‘farm, piece of land, estate, demesne’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CElātifundium‘great landed estate, large farm’
- Spanishc. 1500–presentlatifundio
- Englishearliest quotation 1997same form
Earliest quotation: 1997, 1971, Cedric Belfrage: “In our time latifundios south of Bahia—from the Recôncavo…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *dʰewbʰ- ‘to sink in’
deep, depth, dumb, dave, deaf, dip, dove, dub, bottomless, typhus, doof, 18 more
through Proto-Indo-European *bʰudʰmḗn ‘bottom’
through Proto-Indo-European *bʰudʰnós
through Proto-Italic *fundos
fundamental, fonds, profundity, fundus, 7 more
through Latin fundus ‘farm, piece of land, estate, demesne’
Today it means
noun A large estate, large land property, especially in Latin America; a latifundium.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *bʰudʰmḗn / latifundio