Where does “փոս” come from?

փոս (Armenian) comes from Old Armenian փոս, from Byzantine Greek φόσσα, from Latin fossa, from Latin fodiō, from Proto-Indo-European bʰod- — to pierce, dig.

փոս (Armenian): hole, pit, hollow

Definitions

  1. hole, pit, hollow

Ancestry of “փոս”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Armenianփոսfurrow, trench; ditch; hollow; channel
2Byzantine Greekφόσσα—
3Latinfossaditch, trench, moat; gutter, waterway; grave
4Latinfodiōto dig, dig up, dig out; to bury; to dig or clear out the earth from a place; to mine, quarry
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰod-to pierce, dig

Words derived from “փոս”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰod- →Every word from Latin fodiō →Every word from Latin fossa →