Where does “fosse” come from?

fosse (Italian) comes from Italian fusse, from Latin fuisset, from Indo-European *bʰuH-.

fosse (Italian): third-person singular imperfect subjunctive of...

Definitions

  1. third-person singular imperfect subjunctive of...

Ancestry of “fosse”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1ItalianfusseObsolete form of fosse
2Latinfuissetthird-person singular pluperfect active...
3Indo-European*bʰuH-—
Every word from Indo-European *bʰuH- →Every word from Latin fuisset →Every word from Italian fusse →