Where does “fitto” come from?

fitto (Italian) comes from Vulgar Latin fictus, from Latin fissus, from Proto-Indo-European bʰidtós, from Proto-Indo-European bʰeyd-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰey- — bee.

fitto (Italian): past participle of figgere; thick; dense

Definitions

  1. past participle of figgere; thick; dense

Ancestry of “fitto”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vulgar Latinfictusfeigned, fictitious, false, counterfeit, having...
2Latinfissussplit, cloven
3Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰidtóssplit, cloven
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰeyd-to split
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰey-bee

Words derived from “fitto”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰey- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰeyd- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰidtós →