LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
verb

affundāre

*affundāre

Meaning

  1. Proto Romancereconstructionto sink

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂éd
  2. Proto-Italic*ad
  3. Proto-Italic*ad-
  4. Latinaffundāre

Proto-Indo-European *dʰewbʰ-? Proto-Indo-European *-mḗn Proto-Indo-European *bʰudʰmḗn Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *bʰudʰnós Proto-Indo-European *bʰundʰós Proto-Italic *fundos Latin fundus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -āre Latin *affundāre From ad- (“to”) + fundus (“bottom”) + -āre (verb-forming suffix).

Gallo-Romance
  • Catalanafondar
  • Occitanafondar
  • Old Frenchafonder
Ibero-Romance
  • Portugueseafundarfrom Old Galician-Portuguese afondar
  • Spanishahondar
  • Asturianafondar
  • Galicianafondarfrom Old Galician-Portuguese afondar
Balkano-Romance
  • Romanianafunda
  • Aromanianafundari
Italo-Romance
  • Italianaffondare
  • Sicilianaffunnari
Gallo-Italic
  • Piedmonteseafondé

Quick answers

What does affundāre mean in Latin?
affundāre, a verb, means “to sink”.
Where does affundāre come from?
Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd → Proto-Italic *ad → Proto-Italic *ad- → Latin affundāre.