Where does “fossiel” come from?

fossiel (Dutch) comes from French fossile, from Latin fossilis, from Latin fossa, from Latin fodiō, from Proto-Indo-European bʰod- — to pierce, dig.

fossiel (Dutch): fossil; someone with very old fashioned ideas, a...

Definitions

  1. fossil; someone with very old fashioned ideas, a...

Ancestry of “fossiel”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchfossilefossil
2LatinfossilisRetrieved from the earth, dug out, dug up,...
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 “fossiel”

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