Where does “fossat” come from?

fossat (Catalan) comes from Catalan -at, from Latin -ātus, from Proto-Italic -ātos, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂tos — Forms adjectives from nouns, indicating the possession of a thing or a quality.

fossat (Catalan): moat ditch filled with water

Definitions

  1. moat ditch filled with water

Ancestry of “fossat”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Catalan-atforms the masculine singular past participle of...
2Latin-ātused
3Proto-Italic-ātos—
4Proto-Indo-European-éh₂tosForms adjectives from nouns, indicating the possession of a thing or a quality
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂tos →Every word from Latin -ātus →Every word from Catalan -at →