Funnel
late Middle English: apparently via Old French from Provençal fonilh, from late Latin fundibulum, from Latin infundibulum, from infundere, from in- ‘into’ + fundere ‘pour’.
wiktionary
From Middle English funell, fonel, probably through Old French *founel (compare Middle French fonel, Old Occitan fonilh, enfounilh), from Latin fundibulum, infundibulum(“funnel”), from infundere(“to pour in”); in(“in”) + fundere(“to pour”); compare Breton founilh(“funnel”), Welsh ffynel(“air hole, chimney”). See fuse.
funnel (plural funnels)
etymonline
funnel (n.)
c. 1400, funell, fonel, from Old French *founel, apparently a word from a southern French dialect, such as Provençal enfounilh (Weekley calls it "a word from the Southern wine trade"), from Late Latin fundibulum, shortened from Latin infundibulum "a funnel or hopper in a mill," from infundere "pour in," from in- "in" + fundere "to pour" (from nasalized form of PIE root *gheu- "to pour").
funnel (v.)
1590s, from funnel (n.). Related: Funneled; funneling.
