Where does “fessura” come from?

fessura (Italian) comes from Latin fissura, from Latin findō, from Proto-Italic findō, from Proto-Indo-European bʰeyd-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰey- — bee.

fessura (Italian): crack, split, fissure, chink, slit, gap, crevice;...

Definitions

  1. crack, split, fissure, chink, slit, gap, crevice;...

Ancestry of “fessura”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinfissurafissure, cleft; nominative feminine singular of...
2Latinfindōto cleave, break up, separate, divide, split, part
3Proto-Italicfindōsplit, cleave
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰeyd-to split
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰey-bee
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰey- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰeyd- →Every word from Proto-Italic findō →