fòntego
Venetian
Etymology
From Arabic فُنْدُق (funduq), from Ancient Greek πάνδοκος (pándokos), πανδοκεῖον (pandokeîon, “inn”). Compare Italian fondaco.
Noun
fòntego m (plural fònteghi)
- fondaco, trading post
Derived terms
- fontegher
- fonteghera
- fontegheto
Further reading
- Boerio, Giuseppe (1867), “fòntego”, in Dizionario del dialetto veneziano, 3rd edition, Venice: G. Cecchini, page 279