Words that come from Latin “fossa”
89 words across 24 languages descend from Latin fossa — including fossil, fossils, fossa, fosse, fossiliferous, fossilization, fossilize, microfossil.
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English (38)
- fossil
- fossils
- fossa
- fosse
- fossiliferous
- fossilization
- fossilize
- microfossil
- macrofossil
- subfossil
- unfossiliferous
- nonfossil
- megafossil
- fossilist
- fossula
- fossette
- ichnofossil
- fossiled
- fossilizable
- nonfossiliferous
- fossilology
- fossilism
- postfossette
- fossilification
- fosseway
- fossed
- nanofossil
- fossilhood
- semifossil
- fossildom
- pseudofossil
- fossilify
- fossilogy
- fossility
- mesofossil
- fossilate
- magnetofossil
- chemofossil