Where does “fosilo” come from?

fosilo (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto fosi, from Latin fossō, from Latin fodiō, from Proto-Indo-European bʰod- — to pierce, dig.

fosilo (Esperanto): shovel

Definitions

  1. shovel

Ancestry of “fosilo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantofosito dig
2Latinfossōto dig, pierce
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 fossō →