EuroLex/F/Fountain


 * Original language: French
 * Original form and meaning: fontaine - 1. a) fountain - an artificially created jet or stream of water; b) fountain - a structure, often decorative, from which a jet or stream of water issues; 2. source, spring

(Note: If the status is not specifically indicated then the word is stylistically neutral and generally used; if earlier meaning and status equals current use the former may be expressed by writing "dito". Cf. also the project guidelines.)

Annotations
Etymology: from OF fontaine "natural spring", from LL fontana "fountain, spring", from L fem. of fontanus "of a spring", from fons (gen. fontis) "spring (of water)"; cognate with Skt. dhanvati "flows, runs".

The extended sense of "artificial jet of water" (and the structures that make them) is first recorded 1509. Fountainhead "spring from which a stream flows" first recorded 1585. A French fountain-pen is described in 1658.

Source: http://www.etymonline.com

Information on Other Languages
Czech: vodotrysk (1. a); zdroj, pramen (2)

Danish: stråle, sprøjt (1. a); kilde (2)

Dutch: bron (2)

Estonian: purskkaev (1. a) & b); läte (2)

Finnish: suihkulähde (1. a) & b); lähde (2)

Hungarian: kút (1. a); szökőkút (1. b); forrás (2)

Italian: zampillo (1. a); origine, sorgente (2)

Latvian: strūklaka (1. a) & b); avots (2)

Lithuanian: šaltinis (2)

Norwegian: kilde, utspring (2)

Polish: źródło (2)

Slovak: prameň (2)

Slovenian: vodomet (1. a) & b); (iz)vir (2)

Swedish: källa (2)