Foundry
/ˈfaʊn.dri/noun
A place where metal is melted and cast into shapes.
Did you know?Foundry comes from the same root as *fuse* and *confuse*: Latin *fundere* meant “to pour,” because molten metal was imagined as something poured into destiny-shaped molds.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*gʰewdʰ-
“to pour, pour out”
Latin
Latin
fundere
“to pour out, shed, melt”
Latin
Latin
fundus
“bottom, base”
Old French
Old French
fonderie
“a place for casting metal”
Middle English
English
foundrie
“a casting house or place where metal is poured”
Modern English
English
foundry
“a workshop or factory for casting metal”