Bottom: nm (word coming from the Latin fundus “bottom (of a container)”, “essential part” and “property”).
Note: In French, an orthographic distinction has been made so that these two different meanings, that of “fonds” and “bien foncier”, correspond to two spellings. Under the instigation of Vaugelas (*), an -s was added to the bottom in the XNUMXth century to designate a capital which brings in a profit.
(*) Claude Favre, Baron de Pérouges, Lord of Vaugelas, born January 6, 1585 in Mexim...
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