Where does “foso” come from?

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

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

Definitions

  1. ditch, moat, trench; grave; fossa

Ancestry of “foso”, step by step

foso traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Esperanto fosi

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

via Malagasy fosa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malagasyfosafossa

Words derived from “foso”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰod- →Every word from Latin fodiō →Every word from Latin fossō →