Where does “fouiller” come from?
fouiller (French) comes from Latin fodiculare, from Latin fodicare, from Latin fodere, from Latin fodio, from Proto-Indo-European bʰod- — to pierce, dig.
fouiller (French): to search; to search, frisk; to go into,...
Definitions
- to search; to search, frisk; to go into,...
Ancestry of “fouiller”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | fodiculare | — |
| 2 | Latin | fodicare | present active infinitive of fodicō;... |
| 3 | Latin | fodere | third-person plural perfect active indicative of... |
| 4 | Latin | fodio | to dig, dig up, dig out; to bury; to dig or clear out the earth from a place; to mine, quarry |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰod- | to pierce, dig |