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English word foundry comes from Latin fundus, Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰewd-, and later Proto-Italic *hundō (Pour out.)
fundus (Latin)
An authority. Bottom. Farm; piece of land; estate. Foundation. Ground.
*ǵʰewd- (Proto-Indo-European)
*hundō (Proto-Italic)
Pour out.
fusum (Latin)
fondre (Old French)
To melt.
fondre (French)
(intransitive) to dwindle; to diminish. (intransitive) to melt. (intransitive) to melt away, waste away. (reflexive, se fondre dans) to blend in, blend into. (transitive) to melt, melt down, smelt.
fonderie (French)
Foundry.
foundry (English)
A facility that melts metals in special furnaces and pours the molten metal into molds to make products. Foundries are usually specified according to the type of metal dealt with: iron foundry, brass foundry, etc.. A semiconductor fabrication plant in the microelectronics industry.. The act, process, or art of casting metals; founding.