Where does “fissura” come from?

fissura (Latin) comes from Latin findō, from Proto-Italic findō, from Proto-Indo-European bʰeyd-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰey- — bee.

fissura (Latin): fissure, cleft; nominative feminine singular of...

Definitions

  1. fissure, cleft; nominative feminine singular of...

Ancestry of “fissura”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinfindōto cleave, break up, separate, divide, split, part
2Proto-Italicfindōsplit, cleave
3Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰeyd-to split
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰey-bee

Words derived from “fissura”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰey- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰeyd- →Every word from Proto-Italic findō →
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