Fondue
/fɒnˈdjuː/noun
A dish of melted cheese or chocolate kept hot in a communal pot for dipping bread or other foods.
Did you know?Fondue comes from French *fondre* (“to melt”), ultimately from Latin *fundere* (“to pour, melt”), the same ancient root that gave English *foundry*, *fusion*, and *refund*.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*gʷheu-
“to pour, pour out”
Latin
Latin
fundere
“to pour out, melt, cast”
Late Latin / Vulgar Latin
Latin
fundere / *fondere
“to melt, flow”
Old French
Old French
fondre
“to melt, dissolve”
18th Century
French
fondue
“melted; a dish made of melted cheese”