Where does “fente” come from?

fente (French) comes from Latin findita, from Latin findō, from Proto-Italic findō, from Proto-Indo-European bʰeyd-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰey- — bee.

fente (French): cleft, fissure, crack; split, crack; slit, slot

Definitions

  1. cleft, fissure, crack; split, crack; slit, slot

Ancestry of “fente”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinfindita—
2Latinfindōto cleave, break up, separate, divide, split, part
3Proto-Italicfindōsplit, cleave
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰeyd-to split
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰey-bee

Words derived from “fente”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰey- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰeyd- →Every word from Proto-Italic findō →
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