foundation

/fau̇n-ˈdā-shən/

Middle English fundacioun, borrowed from Anglo-French & Latin; Anglo-French fundacion, borrowed from Latin fundātiōn-, fundātiō, from fundāre "to " + -tiōn-, -tiō, suffix of verbal action

noun

  1. the act of founding

  2. a basis (such as a tenet, principle, or axiom) upon which something stands or is supported

  3. funds given for the permanent support of an institution : endowment

here since the foundation of the school

noun

  1. a stone in the foundation of a building; especially : such a stone laid with public ceremony

  2. basis, groundwork

idiom

  1. to create a usually stone or concrete structure that supports a building from underneath

  2. to provide something (such as an idea, a principle, or a fact) from which another thing develops or can develop