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fumar (Verb) "to smoke" Borrowed from Latin fumare 'id.,' a verb derived from the noun fumus "smoke" (see humo). Indo-European Romance Asturian fumar, Portuguese fumar, Catalan fumar, French fumer, Italian fumare, Aromanian fumedz, Romanian fuma, Sardinian fumare Real Academia Española. Diccionario de la lengua española. Online. 23rd ed. Madrid: Espasa Calpa. 2014. http://www.rae.es/. Sihler, A. New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin. Oxford University Press. 2008.
función f. (Noun) "function" 17th cent. From Latin functio 'id.' A noun formed from functus, the past participle of fungi "to perform." From Proto-Italic *fung-e/o- 'id.' From Proto-Indo-European *b^hu̯-n-g- "to be used." Indo-European Romance Portuguese função, Catalan funció, French fonction, Italian funzione, Romanian funcțiune Celtic Old Irish -bong "breaks," Middle Welsh diwung "to attack" Germanic Gothic biugan "to bow," Old Norse beygja "to bend," Old High German bougian 'id.,' Old Saxon bōgian 'id.,' Old English būgan "to bend" (English to bow) Balto-Slavic Russian bgat' "to bend," Lithuanian gùbti "hill," metathesis of bùgti, Latvian baũgurs* 'id.' Armenian Armenian bowcanem "to feed" Indo-Iranian Sanskrit bhuñjaté "to benefit," Old Avestan būj- "atonement" "Lat. fungor must be linked with Skt. bhuṅkte, present middle, a nasal form (cf. bhuj-), the primary sense of which is “enjoy”; but at an early date it became specified in the sense of “enjoying food, consume.” This links up with the Armenian bucanem ‘to nourish, bring up’." ~ E. Benveniste, Indo-European Language and Society (1973) Corominas, J. & J. Pascual. Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e híspanico. 6 vols. Madrid: Gredos. 1991-1997. de Vaan, M. Etymological Dictionary of Latin and Other Italic Languages. BRILL. 2014. Real Academia Española. Diccionario de la lengua española. Online. 23rd ed. Madrid: Espasa Calpa. 2014. http://www.rae.es/. Sihler, A. New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin. Oxford University Press. 2008.
funcionar (Verb) "to function" 19th cent. A verb formed from función. Corominas, J. & J. Pascual. Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e híspanico. 6 vols. Madrid: Gredos. 1991-1997. Real Academia Española. Diccionario de la lengua española. Online. 23rd ed. Madrid: Espasa Calpa. 2014. http://www.rae.es/.
fundamento m. (Noun) "foundation" 13th cent. From Latin fundamentum 'id.,' from the verb fundare "to found" (see fundar). Corominas, J. & J. Pascual. Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e híspanico. 6 vols. Madrid: Gredos. 1991-1997. Real Academia Española. Diccionario de la lengua española. Online. 23rd ed. Madrid: Espasa Calpa. 2014. http://www.rae.es/. Sihler, A. New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin. Oxford University Press. 2008.
fundar (Verb) "to found" 14th cent. From Latin fundare "to found," derived from fundus "bottom" (see hondo. Indo-European Romance Asturian fundir, Portuguese fundir, Galician fundir, Catalan fondre, French fondre, Italian fondere Corominas, J. & J. Pascual. Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e híspanico. 6 vols. Madrid: Gredos. 1991-1997. Real Academia Española. Diccionario de la lengua española. Online. 23rd ed. Madrid: Espasa Calpa. 2014. http://www.rae.es/. Sihler, A. New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin. Oxford University Press. 2008.
fusión f. (Noun) "fusion" 19th cent. From Latin fusionem, accusative of fusio "melt," but originally meaning "outpouring." From the verb fundere "to pour" (see hundir). Indo-European Romance Portuguese fusão, Catalan fusió, French fusion, Italian fusione, Romanian fuziune Corominas, J. & J. Pascual. Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e híspanico. 6 vols. Madrid: Gredos. 1991-1997. Real Academia Española. Diccionario de la lengua española. Online. 23rd ed. Madrid: Espasa Calpa. 2014. http://www.rae.es/. Sihler, A. New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin. Oxford University Press. 2008.
futuro m. (Adjective, Noun) "future" 15th cent. From the Latin future participle futurus "about to be." From Proto-Indo-European *b^hh₂u̯-tó- "about to become." See more information under fui. Indo-European Romance Portuguese futuro, Catalan futur, French futur, Italian futuro Corominas, J. & J. Pascual. Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e híspanico. 6 vols. Madrid: Gredos. 1991-1997. Real Academia Española. Diccionario de la lengua española. Online. 23rd ed. Madrid: Espasa Calpa. 2014. http://www.rae.es/. Sihler, A. New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin. Oxford University Press. 2008.