fondaco

English

Etymology

  • Etymology tree
    Ancient Greek πᾰν- (păn-)
    Proto-Indo-European *deḱ-
    Ancient Greek δοκ- (dok-)
    Ancient Greek -εῖον (-eîon)
    Ancient Greek πανδοκεῖον (pandokeîon)bor.
    Arabic فُنْدُق (funduq)bor.
    Arabic فُنْدُق (funduq)bor.
    Medieval Latin fundicusinflu.
    Italian fondacobor.
    English fondaco

    Borrowed from Italian fondaco. Doublet of fonda and fonduk.

    Noun

    fondaco (plural fondachi or fondacos)

    1. (historical) A trading factory, trading post, or colony operated by the Italian city-states during the Middle Ages and the early modern period, chiefly around the Mediterranean and Black Seas.
      • 2007, John Darwin, After Tamerlane, Penguin, published 2008, page 32:
        Genoese and Venetian fondachi (trading depots) littered the coastline from North Africa to the Crimea.
    2. (historical) An inn or hotel in medieval or early modern Italy or its colonies, particularly at the residence of an established merchant.

    Hypernyms

    Italian

    Etymology

  • Etymology tree
    Ancient Greek πᾰν- (păn-)
    Proto-Indo-European *deḱ-
    Ancient Greek δοκ- (dok-)
    Ancient Greek -εῖον (-eîon)
    Ancient Greek πανδοκεῖον (pandokeîon)bor.
    Arabic فُنْدُق (funduq)bor.
    Arabic فُنْدُق (funduq)bor.
    Medieval Latin fundicusinflu.
    Italian fondaco

    From Arabic فُنْدُق (funduq), influenced by Medieval Latin fundicus. Cognate with Sicilian fùnnicu.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈfon.da.ko/
    • Rhymes: -ondako
    • Hyphenation: fón‧da‧co

    Noun

    fondaco m (plural fondachi or (uncommon) fondaci)

    1. trading factory, warehouse

    Descendants

    • English: fondaco
    • Romanian: fondaco

    Anagrams

    Romanian

    Etymology

  • Etymology tree
    Ancient Greek πᾰν- (păn-)
    Proto-Indo-European *deḱ-
    Ancient Greek δοκ- (dok-)
    Ancient Greek -εῖον (-eîon)
    Ancient Greek πανδοκεῖον (pandokeîon)bor.
    Arabic فُنْدُق (funduq)bor.
    Arabic فُنْدُق (funduq)bor.
    Medieval Latin fundicusinflu.
    Italian fondacobor.
    Romanian fondaco

    Borrowed from Italian fondaco.

    Noun

    fondaco n (plural fondacouri)

    1. fondaco

    Declension

    Declension of fondaco
    singular plural
    indefinite definite indefinite definite
    nominative-accusative fondaco fondacoul fondacouri fondacourile
    genitive-dative fondaco fondacoului fondacouri fondacourilor
    vocative fondacoule fondacourilor

    References

    • fondaco in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN
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