Where does “fiosso” come from?
fiosso (Italian) comes from Latin flossum, from Latin fossula, from Latin fossa, from Latin fodiō, from Proto-Indo-European bʰod- — to pierce, dig.
fiosso (Italian): arch; shank or waist
Ancestry of “fiosso”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | flossum | — |
| 2 | Latin | fossula | A small ditch or trench |
| 3 | Latin | fossa | ditch, trench, moat; gutter, waterway; grave |
| 4 | Latin | fodiō | 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 |