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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Vitruvius|origins=la fundus}}
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+ ==Pronunciation==
+ * IPA (Classical): [fʊnˈdaː.ti.oː]^(Wiktionary)
+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [funˈdat.t͡si.o]^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Forms==
+ '''fundātiō''' ''f'' (genitive fundātiōnis); third declension^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Etymology==
+ It is from [[fundō]] “to found, establish”, from [[fundus]] “bottom”, with the suffix [[-tiō]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==
+ Köbler's first source is Vitruvius, whom he dates c. 84–c. 25 BC.^(Köbler 2010)
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+ ==Semantic evolution==
+ It meant a foundation, a substructure.^(OLD 2012)^(DMLBS)
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+ British Medieval Latin used it for the action of building, as of a royal fortress.^(DMLBS) It was borrowed into Italian ''fondazione'' and French ''fondation'', and Late Latin ''fundātiō'' gave [[en|foundation]] in the late 14th century, “action of founding”.^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Timeline==
+ * c. 84–c. 25 BC – Vitruvius uses it.^(Köbler 2010)
+ * late 14th century – English ''foundation'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Meanings==
+ ===Noun===
+ # A [[m|en|foundation]].^(OLD 2012)
+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' Building, construction.^(DMLBS)
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+ ==Related words==
+ * [[fundō]]
+ * [[fundus]]
+ * [[fundāmentum]]
+ * [[en|foundation]]
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+ ==References==
+ {{reflist}}