Where does “prefossette” come from?
prefossette (English) comes from English fossette, from French fossé, from Middle French fossé, from Old French fossé, from Late Latin fossatum, from Latin fossō, from Latin fodiō, from Proto-Indo-European bʰod- — to pierce, dig.
prefossette (English): A fossette posterior to a metaloph
Definitions
- A fossette posterior to a metaloph
Ancestry of “prefossette”, step by step
prefossette traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English fossette
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | fossette | A little hollow; a dimple; A small, deep-centred... |
| 2 | French | fossé | ditch; trench; moat |
| 3 | Middle French | fossé | trench; ditch |
| 4 | Old French | fossé | fosse |
| 5 | Late Latin | fossatum | entrenchment, place enclosed by a ditch; a ditch,... |
| 6 | Latin | fossō | to dig, pierce |
| 7 | Latin | fodiō | to dig, dig up, dig out; to bury; to dig or clear out the earth from a place; to mine, quarry |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰod- | to pierce, dig |
via English pre
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | pre | Before; Precum, Cowper's fluid, pre-ejaculate; To... |
| 2 | Latin | prae | before; in front; in front of |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | prai | before; in front of |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | preh₂- | before, in front |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |