Where does “fes” come from?

fes (Catalan) comes from Latin fissus, from Proto-Indo-European bʰidtós, from Proto-Indo-European bʰeyd-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰey- — bee.

fes (Catalan): cleft; plural of fe

Definitions

  1. cleft; plural of fe

Ancestry of “fes”, step by step

fes traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin fissus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinfissussplit, cloven
2Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰidtóssplit, cloven
3Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰeyd-to split
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰey-bee

via Arabic فأس

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicفأسaxe, hatchet, cleaver; adze, pickaxe, mattock; a...
2Arabicءد; ء; hamza

Words derived from “fes”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰey- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰeyd- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰidtós →
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