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foundational

adj
/faʊnˈdeɪ.ʃə.nəl/US

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dʰewbʰ- ~ *dʰubʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-mḗn Proto-Indo-European *bʰudʰmḗnder. Proto-Italic *funðos Latin fundus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin fundō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin fundātiōder. Old French fondacionbor. Middle English foundacioun English foundation Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al English -al English foundational From foundation + -al.

  1. derived from fundātiō — “founding, foundation”
  2. derived from fondacion
  3. inherited from foundacioun
  4. suffixed as foundational — “foundation + -al”

Definitions

  1. Of or relating to a foundation or foundations.

  2. Fundamental or underlying.

The neighborhood

Derived

antifoundational, foundational belief, Foundational Black American, foundationalism, foundationalist, foundationalistic, foundationality, foundationally, foundational witness, nonfoundational, postfoundational

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at foundational. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at foundational. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

8 hops · closes at foundational

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

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