fòntego

Venetian

Etymology

From Arabic فُنْدُق (funduq), from Ancient Greek πάνδοκος (pándokos), πανδοκεῖον (pandokeîon, “inn”). Compare Italian fondaco.

Noun

fòntego m (plural fònteghi)

1. fondaco, trading post

Derived terms

• fontegher
• fonteghera
• fontegheto

 

Further reading

• Boerio, Giuseppe (1867) “fòntego”, in Dizionario del dialetto veneziano, 3rd edition, Venice: G. Cecchini, page 279