Where does “foseto” come from?
foseto (Ido) comes from French fossette, from French fossé, from Middle French fossé, from Old French fossé, from Late Latin fossatum, from Latin fossō, from Latin fodiō, from Proto-Indo-European bʰod- — to pierce, dig.
foseto (Ido): small hole
Definitions
- small hole
Ancestry of “foseto”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | fossette | dimple |
| 2 | French | fossé | ditch; trench; moat |
| 3 | Middle French | fossé | trench; ditch |
| 4 | Old French | fossé | fosse |
| 5 | Late Latin | fossatum | entrenchment, place enclosed by a ditch; a ditch,... |
| 6 | Latin | fossō | to dig, pierce |
| 7 | Latin | fodiō | to dig, dig up, dig out; to bury; to dig or clear out the earth from a place; to mine, quarry |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰod- | to pierce, dig |