Where does “fossatum” come from?

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

fossatum (Late Latin): entrenchment, place enclosed by a ditch; a ditch,...

Definitions

  1. entrenchment, place enclosed by a ditch; a ditch,...

Ancestry of “fossatum”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinfossōto dig, pierce
2Latinfodiōto dig, dig up, dig out; to bury; to dig or clear out the earth from a place; to mine, quarry
3Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰod-to pierce, dig

Words derived from “fossatum

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