fondaco
English edit
Etymology edit
From Italian fondaco (“trading factory, warehouse, trading post”), from Arabic فُنْدُق (funduq, “inn, hotel; manor”) under influence from Medieval Latin fundicus (“warehouse, trading factory, trading post”), from Ancient Greek πανδοκεῖον (pandokeîon), from πᾰν- (pan-, “all, every”) + the combining form of δέχεσθαι (dékhesthai, “to receive”) + -εῖον (-eîon, “-ium: forming building names”). Doublet of fonda and fonduk.
Noun edit
fondaco (plural fondachi or fondacos)
- (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.
- (historical) An inn or hotel in medieval or early modern Italy or its colonies, particularly at the residence of an established merchant.
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Italian edit
Etymology edit
From Arabic فُنْدُق (funduq, “inn, hotel; manor”) under influence from Medieval Latin fundicus (“warehouse, trading factory, trading post”), from Ancient Greek πανδοκεῖον (pandokeîon, “inn, place receiving anyone”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
fondaco m (plural fondachi or (uncommon) fondaci)
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Etymology edit
Borrowed from Italian fondaco.
Noun edit
fondaco n (plural fondacouri)
Declension edit
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
| nominative/accusative | (un) fondaco | fondacoul | (niște) fondacouri | fondacourile |
| genitive/dative | (unui) fondaco | fondacoului | (unor) fondacouri | fondacourilor |
| vocative | fondacoule | fondacourilor | ||