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fundere
Latin · ancient
"to pour, to melt metal"
to pour, to melt metal
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fondre
French · medieval
"to melt metal to be cast"
carried into French for melting metal to be cast
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fonderie
French · 1600s
"a place for melting and casting metal"
a place for melting and casting metal, from fondre
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foundry
English · 1600s
"a workshop where metal is melted and cast into shapes"
settled as the English word for a workshop where metal is cast
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