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Added 9 October 2026

fondamento

noun

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A quay along an Italian waterway.
An instrumental bass part that forms the basis of the melody, and against which other instruments provide harmony.

Origin

Borrowed from Italian fondamento (“foundation”). By surface analysis, fond (“background”) + Italian -amento. Doublet of fundament.

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