Where does “effodient” come from?

effodient (English) comes from Latin effodiens, from Latin effodio, from Latin fodiō, from Proto-Indo-European bʰod- — to pierce, dig.

effodient (English): Digging up

Definitions

  1. Digging up

Ancestry of “effodient”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latineffodiensexcavating, mining
2LatineffodioI dig out or up, excavate, mine; I hollow out
3Latinfodiōto dig, dig up, dig out; to bury; to dig or clear out the earth from a place; to mine, quarry
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰod-to pierce, dig
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰod- →Every word from Latin fodiō →Every word from Latin effodio →