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Foundation

3 stages from Latin to English.

Today it means the base on which a structure rests, or an organization set up to support a cause
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Stage 1 of 3
fundus
Latin · ancient
"bottom, base"
bottom, base, giving rise to fundare (to lay a foundation)
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Stage 2 of 3
fundatio
Latin · ancient
"a founding, a laying of a base"
a founding, a laying of a base, from fundare
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Stage 3 of 3
foundation
English · 1300s
"the base of a structure, or an organization set up for a purpose"
settled as the English word for the base of a structure, or an organization set up for a purpose
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