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Where does “foso” come from?

foso (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto -o, from Spanish -ó, from Latin Aramaicus, from Ancient Greek Ἀραμαϊκός, from Aramaic ܐܪܡܝܐ, from Aramaic ארמיא, from Aramaic ארם.

foso (Esperanto): ditch, moat, trench; grave; fossa

Definitions

  1. ditch, moat, trench; grave; fossa

Ancestry of “foso”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperanto-oNominal suffix. Most Esperanto nouns end in "-o";...
2Spanish-óA suffix indicating the third-person singular...
3LatinAramaicus—
4Ancient GreekἈραμαϊκός—
5AramaicܐܪܡܝܐAramean; gentile
6Aramaicארמיא—
7Aramaicארם—

Words derived from “foso”

  • fosi
  • fosilo
  • fosaĵo
  • foso
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