Home › Words › F › fondamentofondamentofondamento · noun — A quay along an Italian waterway.Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).EtymologyBorrowed from Italian fondamento (“foundation”). By surface analysis, fond (“background”) + Italian -amento. Doublet of fundament.nounA quay along an Italian waterway.e.g.“That view up the fondamento is at all times one of the loveliest aspects of the lovely little island town, but in the month of May a strange enchantment is added.” — 1991, Elizabeth Jane Howard, Green shades: an anthology of plants, gardens and gardeners, page 84:An instrumental bass part that forms the basis of the melody, and against which other instruments provide harmony.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).