Fons
Dutch edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Proper noun edit
Fons m
- a diminutive of the male given name Alfons
Etymology 2 edit
First attested as foeldinze in 1386. Borrowed from West Frisian Fûns, derived in turn from Old Frisian Foldo (“a personal name”) suffixed with the collectivising suffix -ingi-.
Proper noun edit
Fons n
- A hamlet in Leeuwarden, Friesland, Netherlands.
References edit
- van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN
French edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Occitan Fònts. Fons outre Gardon attested on the Cassini map (1740s).
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Fons m
- Fons (a village in the Gard department, Occitanie, France)
- Synonym: Fons-outre-Gardon
Descendants edit
- → English: Fons