founding
adjective
[ ˈfaʊndɪŋ ]
• involved in establishing or originating an institution or organization.
• "the three founding partners"
found
verb
• establish or originate (an institution or organization).
• "the monastery was founded in 1665"
Similar:
establish,
set up,
start,
begin,
get going,
initiate,
institute,
put in place,
form,
create,
bring into being,
launch,
float,
originate,
develop,
inaugurate,
constitute,
endow,
• base (something) on a particular principle, idea, or feeling.
• "a society founded on the highest principles of religion and education"
Origin:
Middle English: from Old French fonder, from Latin fundare, from fundus ‘bottom, base’.
found
verb
• melt and mould (metal).
Origin:
early 16th century: from French fondre, from Latin fundere ‘melt, pour’.
