# 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.)
| Language | Form | Date of Borrowing (and Obsolescence) | Current Meaning and Status | Earlier Meanings and Statusses | Source |
| Catalan | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
| Croatian | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
| Czech | fontána | ... | 'meaning 1. b)' | '...' | ... |
| Danish | fontæne | ... | 'meaning 1. b)' | '...' | ... |
| Dutch | fontein 1a, b | ... | 'meaning 1. a), 1. b)' | '...' | ... |
| English | noun: fountain; verb: to fountain | "spring of water that collects in a pool": 15c; "artificial jet of water": 16c | 'meaning 1. a), 1. b), 2; and also: c) a reservoir or chamber containing a supply of liquid that can be siphoned off as needed; d) a soda fountain; e) a drinking fountain; f) a point of origin or dissemination, a source; g) heraldry: a roundel barry-wavy, argent and azure; verb: to flow or cause to flow like a fountain' | '...' | http://www.etymonline.com |
| Estonian | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
| Finnish | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
| French | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
| Frisian | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
| German | Fontäne | ... | 'meaning 1. a), 1. b)' | '...' | ... |
| Hungarian | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
| Irish | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
| Italian | fontana (more likely from L directly) | ... | 'meaning 1. b)' | '...' | ... |
| Latvian | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
| Lithuanian | fontanas | ... | 'meaning 1. a), 1. b)' | '...' | ... |
| Maltese | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
| Norwegian | fontenevann, fontene | ... | 'fontenevann: meaning 1. a) fontene: meaning 1. b)' | '...' | ... |
| Polish | fontanna | ... | 'meaning 1. a), 1. b)' | '...' | ... |
| Portuguese | fonte (more likely from L directly) | ... | 'meaning 1. a), 1. b), 2' | '...' | ... |
| Rumantsch | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
| Slovak | fontána | ... | 'meaning 1. a), 1. b)' | '...' | ... |
| Slovenian | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
| Spanish | fuente (more likely from L directly) | ... | 'meaning 1. a), 1. b), 2' | '...' | ... |
| Swedish | fontän | ... | 'meaning 1. a), 1. b)' | '...' | ... |

### 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)