Etymograph

English

foundery

Foundery comes from French fonderie ‘foundry’, from fondre ‘to melt, melt down, smelt’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰewd- ‘to pour’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵʰewd-1‘to pour’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*hundō1‘to pour out’reconstructed
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfundere1‘to melt’
  4. Old Frenchc. 842–1400fondre1‘to melt’
  5. Frenchc. 1600–presentfondre2‘to melt, melt down, smelt’
  6. Frenchc. 1600–presentfonderie2‘foundry’
  7. Englishtodayfoundery2

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, French fondre
  2. 2 Wiktionary, English foundery

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵʰewd-Wiktionary, French fondre‘to pour’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*hundōWiktionary, French fondre‘to pour out’reconstructed
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfundereWiktionary, French fondre‘to melt’
  4. Old Frenchc. 842–1400fondreWiktionary, French fondre‘to melt’
  5. Frenchc. 1600–presentfondreWiktionary, English foundery‘to melt, melt down, smelt’
  6. Frenchc. 1600–presentfonderieWiktionary, English foundery‘foundry’
  7. EnglishtodayfounderyWiktionary, English foundery

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰewd- ‘to pour’

yet, confused, refuse, gut, fuse, font, diffusion, infusion, profusion, perfusion, effusive, effusion, 40 more

through Proto-Italic *hundō ‘to pour out’

confusion, fusion, confuse, refund, diffuse, funnel, infuse, confound, 42 more

through French fondre ‘to melt, melt down, smelt’

fondant, fondue, 1 more

Today it means

noun —

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “foundery”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entry for French fondre. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰewd- / foundery

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