Where does “fissure” come from?
fissure (French) comes from Latin fissura, from Latin findō, from Proto-Italic findō, from Proto-Indo-European bʰeyd-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰey- — bee.
fissure (French): fissure; first-person singular present indicative...
Definitions
- fissure; first-person singular present indicative...
Ancestry of “fissure”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | fissura | fissure, cleft; nominative feminine singular of... |
| 2 | Latin | findō | — |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | findō | split, cleave |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰeyd- | to split |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰey- | bee |
Words derived from “fissure”