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funding

/ˈfʌndɪŋ/FUHN-ding
/ˈfʌndɪŋ/FUHN-ding

Meaninggrounding (in money)

Common meaning: money provided for a purpose

Journey through time

  1. Latinfundus, -ī‘the bottom, the ground under something’
  2. Frenchfond
  3. Englishfunding‘money provided for a purpose’ · today

fund also in: funddefundprofound

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

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