fondo

Noun

fondo (accusative singular fondon, plural fondoj, accusative plural fondojn)

1. foundation, founding

Etymology

From Latin fundus (“deep”).

Noun

fondo m (plural fondos)

1. bottom

Etymology

From Latin fundus (“deep”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰudʰmḗn.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ondo

Adjective

fondo (feminine singular fonda, masculine plural fondi, feminine plural fonde)

1. deep

Noun

fondo m (plural fondi)

1. bottom
2. fund
3. background
4. (athletics) long-distance running

Verb

fondo

1. first-person singular present of fondare
2. first-person singular present of fondere

Etymology

From Old Spanish, from Latin fundus, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰudʰmḗn. The preservation of the initial older 'f' in this word may be to distinguish it from the doublet hondo, which became an adjective and continued its phonetic evolution as expected. Also the doublet of fundo, a later borrowing.

Noun

fondo m (plural fondos)

1. bottom
2. back

   al fondo

   at the back

3. fund, funding
4. opposite side or extreme (of a house, store, room, corridor, street, field, tubing, piping, etc.), respect to the talker, entrance or beginning.