fundatio

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

fundātĭo, ōnis, f. [2. fundo],

a founding , foundation (very rare): fundationes aedium, Vitr. 5, 3: substructionis fodere, id. 3, 3; Hil. Trin. 11, 37.