I have always was surprised how much money a dwelling costs, but never thought how will REAL ESTATE be in Latin?
Good answer... Fundus (Latin for bottom) is a generic anatomical term referring to the portion of an organ opposite from its opening. The correct term for real estate is VERUS PRAEDIUM.
Fundus = Real estate Just like English, many Latin words have more than one meaning. 'Fundus' does mean 'bottom' - not anatomical, but more like 'base, foundation'. However, the same word is used to mean 'any landed property, large or small' - a country estate, a farm, whatever. Praedium, on the other hand, has a much narrower meaning. Technically, it means 'an estate in Italia or a province under Ius Italicum'. The meaning was expanded to mean an estate, as a country estate, but still did not cover all types real estate. Actually, 'Verus Praedium' looks like someone with no knowledge of Latin looked up the dictionary headwords for 'real' and 'estate' and assumed that was the translation, especially since 'praedium' is a neuter noun and 'verus' is in masculine. If it were to be used, it would have to be 'veruM praedium'.
