fund
English
/ˈfʌnd/
noun
Definitions
- A sum or source of money.
- An organization managing such money.
- A money-management operation, such as a mutual fund.
- A large supply of something to be drawn upon.
Etymology
Borrowed from French fond (bottom) derived from Latin fundus (bottom, deep, farm, piece of land, part, lowest part) root from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰewd- (pour).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*ǵʰewd-
Gloss
pour
Concept
Semantic Field
Basic actions and technology
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Fond du Lac English
- Superfund English
- confuse English
- crowd English
- crowdfund English
- crowdfunder English
- defund English
- foundation English
- fundable English
- funder English
- fundholder English
- fundholding English
- fundless English
- fundlessness English
- fundraise English
- fundraiser English
- fundraising English
- holder English
- holding English
- interfund English
- megafund English
- microfund English
- nonfundraising English
- outfund English
- overfund English
- raise English
- raiser English
- raising English
- refuse English
- subfund English
- transfuse English
- underfund English
- unfundable English
- *affundāre Latin
- *exfundorāre Latin
- *infundāre Latin
- confundō Latin
- diffūsus Latin
- fundulus Latin
- fundus Latin
- fūsiōnem Latin
- gutta Latin
- infundō Latin
- infusus Latin
- Fond German
- Fundus German
- fondo Italian
- arrière-fond French
- enfoncer French
- foncier French
- fond French
- fonderie French
- plafond French
- фон Russian
- fondo Spanish, Castilian
- fundillo Spanish, Castilian
- fundo Spanish, Castilian
- hondura Spanish, Castilian
- hondón Spanish, Castilian
- *bʰudʰ-(m)n-o Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰudʰ-mn Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰudʰmḗn Proto-Indo-European
- *ǵʰewd- Proto-Indo-European
- fond Norwegian Bokmål
- *geutaną Proto-Germanic
- *gut- Proto-Germanic
- *gutō Proto-Germanic
- fond Swedish
- fond Norwegian Nynorsk
- gutten Middle English
- refunden Middle English
- gusa Old Norse
- fond Danish
- fond Czech
- fundo Esperanto
- fond Serbo-Croatian
- fons Catalan, Valencian
- fond Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- fund Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- guz Old High German
- phông Vietnamese
- Fong Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- fund Albanian
- fondo Old Portuguese
- fundo Old Portuguese
- afundu Aromanian
- fundu Aromanian
- fons Occitan
- *funðos Proto-Italic
- *hundō Proto-Italic
- fons Romansh
- funs Romansh
- fuond Romansh
- fuonz Romansh
- fùns Romansh
- fondu Asturian
- font Friulian
- fondo Old Spanish
- fon Haitian, Haitian Creole
- fond Ladin
- *kawte urj-fpr-pro
- raise
- crowd
- holder
- defund
- funder
- raiser
- refuse
- holding
- raising
- outfund
- confuse
- subfund
- fundless
- fundable
- overfund
- megafund
- underfund
- fundraise
- microfund
- interfund
- crowdfund
- transfuse
- Superfund
- unfundable
- fundholder
- fundraiser
- foundation
- fundraising
- fundholding
- Fond du Lac
- crowdfunder
- fundlessness
- nonfundraising