fundament
Meanings
noun
- Foundation.
- The bottom; the buttocks or anus.
- The underlying basis or principle for a theoretical or mathematical system.
Pronunciation
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Etymology
From Middle English, from Old French fundement, fondement, from Latin fundāmentum (“foundation”), from fundō (“to lay the bottom, to found”). Doublet of fondamento.
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