Where does “fossato” come from?

fossato (Italian) comes from Late Latin fossatum, from Latin fossō, from Latin fodiō, from Proto-Indo-European bʰod- — to pierce, dig.

fossato (Italian): ditch; moat

Definitions

  1. ditch; moat

Ancestry of “fossato”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Late Latinfossatumentrenchment, place enclosed by a ditch; a ditch,...
2Latinfossōto dig, pierce
3Latinfodiōto dig, dig up, dig out; to bury; to dig or clear out the earth from a place; to mine, quarry
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰod-to pierce, dig
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰod- →Every word from Latin fodiō →Every word from Latin fossō →