fondaco

English

Etymology

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

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

• See Thesaurus:lodging place

Italian

Etymology

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

• 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

• cofonda, facondo

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian fondaco.

Noun

fondaco n (plural fondacouri)

1. fondaco

Declension

References

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