fundator Latin · revision 9259

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Virgil|origins=la fundus}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [fʊnˈdaː.tɔr]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [funˈdaː.tor]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''fundātor''' ''m'' (genitive fundātōris); third declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[fundō]] “to found, establish” with the agent suffix [[-tor]], from [[fundus]] “bottom”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(TLL)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler's first source is Virgil, whom he dates 70–19 BC, and Virgil has ''Praenestīnae fundātor urbis'' “founder of the city of Praeneste”.^(Köbler 2010)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant a founder, one who establishes.^(OLD 2012) Lewis & Short call it very rare beside ''conditor'', and Lactantius uses it of the founder of the earth.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ British Medieval Latin used it for one who founds a city or church, and for a benefactor who endows one.^(DMLBS) It survives in Italian ''fondatore'' and Spanish ''fundador'', and through Anglo-French ''fundur'' it gave [[en|founder]] in the mid-14th century.^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 70–19 BC – Virgil uses it.^(Köbler 2010)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ * c. 250–317 AD – Lactantius uses it of the founder of the earth.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * mid-14th century – English ''founder'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A [[m|en|founder]].^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' A benefactor of a church.^(DMLBS)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[fundō]]

+ * [[fundus]]

+ * [[fundāmentum]]

+ * [[en|founder]]

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+ ==Usage notes==

+ Separate medieval words ''fundātor'' “slinger” (from ''funda'' “sling”) and “caster, melter” (from ''fundere'' “to pour”) are recorded.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}