English Explanatory Dictionary

fonda

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An inn or hotel in a Spanish-speaking country.
name
  1. A surname.
  2. A city in Iowa.
  3. A village, the county seat of Montgomery County, New York.

Word forms

fonda fondas

Etymology

From Spanish fonda, from Arabic فُنْدُق (funduq, “inn, hotel; manor”), from Ancient Greek πανδοκεῖον (pandokeîon), from πᾰν- (păn-, “all, every”) + the combining form of δέχεσθαι (dékhesthai, “to receive”) + -εῖον (-eîon, “-ium: forming building names”). Doublet of fonduk and fondaco.

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