Where does “fosso” come from?

fosso (Italian) comes from Italian fossa, from Latin fossa, from Latin fodiō, from Proto-Indo-European bʰod- — to pierce, dig.

fosso (Italian): ditch; moat

Definitions

  1. ditch; moat

Ancestry of “fosso”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianfossapit, hole; grave; fossa
2Latinfossaditch, trench, moat; gutter, waterway; grave
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

Words derived from “fosso”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰod- →Every word from Latin fodiō →Every word from Latin fossa →
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