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Where does “fissurization” come from?

fissurization (English) comes from English fissure, from Middle English fissure, from Old French fissure, from Latin fissura, from Latin findō, from Proto-Italic findō, from Proto-Indo-European bʰeyd-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰey- — bee.

fissurization (English): formation of a fissure

Definitions

  1. formation of a fissure

Ancestry of “fissurization”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishfissureA crack or opening, as in a rock; A groove, deep...
2Middle Englishfissure—
3Old Frenchfissure—
4Latinfissurafissure, cleft; nominative feminine singular of...
5Latinfindō—
6Proto-Italicfindōsplit, cleave
7Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰeyd-to split
8Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰey-bee
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