foundation（n.）
14世纪末，“创立行动”，来自古法语 fondacion “基础”（14世纪）或直接来自拉丁语 fundationem（主格 fundatio）“创立”，动作名词，来自拉丁语 fundare “放置底部或基础”（参见 found（v.1））。古英语中，这个拉丁词被 staþol 解释。
“建立一个有捐赠资金支持的机构”的专业意义始于14世纪末； “建立的东西”（学院、医院等）的意义始于16世纪初； “用于慈善或慈善目的的捐赠资金”的意义始于15世纪初。
“结构的坚实基础”的意义始于15世纪初。化妆品中“涂在脸上以改变或规范肤色的有色霜”始于1910年，可能是 foundation makeup 的缩写。
There before me on the make up table lay several sticks of grease paint of different colours. Like everything else in this world, an actor's make up for any part whatsoever, must have a foundation, or base, and this Mr. Maude began to spread over his face, using a camel's hair brush. Before doing this, however, he had rubbed cold cream all over his face, forehead, and neck, to prevent the skin from becoming irritated, and in order to give a smooth foundation for the grease paint. The base consisted of what is known as flesh-colour, which looks like a combination of yellow and dull old-rose. The actor put on the make up foundation of flesh-coloured paint all over his face. [Wendell Phillips Dodge, "Cyril Maude Makes Up As Grumpy," The Strand Magazine, 1914.]
在化妆台上，我看到了几根不同颜色的油彩棒。就像这个世界上的一切一样，演员的任何角色的化妆都必须有一个基础，或底部，这位 Maude 先生开始在他的脸上涂抹，使用一把骆驼毛刷。然而，在这之前，他已经在脸、额头和脖子上涂了冷霜，以防止皮肤变得刺激，并为油彩提供平滑的基础。基础由所谓的肉色组成，看起来像是黄色和暗玫瑰色的组合。演员在脸上涂上肉色油彩的化妆基础。[Wendell Phillips Dodge，“Cyril Maude Makes Up As Grumpy”，The Strand Magazine，1914年。]
该词起源时间：14世纪末