Where does “fossorial” come from?

fossorial (English) comes from Latin fossōrius, from Latin -tōrius, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s.

fossorial (English): Of, pertaining to, or adapted for digging or...

Definitions

  1. Of, pertaining to, or adapted for digging or...

Ancestry of “fossorial”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinfossōriusAdapted to digging, fit for delving
2Latin-tōriusory
3Latin-tor-er
4Proto-Italic-tōrForms agent nouns to verb stems
5Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
6Proto-Indo-European-tor-s—

Words derived from “fossorial”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s →Every word from Latin -tor →Every word from Latin -tōrius →