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defund

/diˈfʌnd/dee-FUHND
/diˈfʌnd/dee-FUHND

Meaningto take away the ground (funds)

Common meaning: to stop providing money for

‘down, away, off’ + ‘the bottom, the ground under something’ → defund

Journey through time

  1. Latinfundus, -ī‘the bottom, the ground under something’
  2. Frenchfond
  3. Englishdefund‘to stop providing money for’ · today

de- also in: deterdecampdecidededucedefame

fund also in: fundfundingprofound

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Latin fundus ‘the bottom, the ground under something’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry fundus, p. 793 · dictionary scan

Roots

  • fundus, -ī Latin “the bottom, the ground under something”

Related words

fundfundingprofound

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