fundamental

Meanings

Noun

• A leading or primary principle, rule, law, or article, which serves as the groundwork of a system; an essential part
• The lowest frequency of a periodic waveform.
• The lowest partial of a complex tone.

Adjective

• Pertaining to the foundation or basis; serving for the foundation.
• Essential, as an element, principle, or law; important; original; elementary.

Related

Similar words

• groundlaying

Origin

• From Late Latin fundamentālis, from Latin fundamentum ("foundation"), from fundō, from fundus, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰudʰmḗn.