Where does “fissure” come from?

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

fissure (Latin): vocative masculine singular of fissūrus

Definitions

  1. vocative masculine singular of fissūrus

Ancestry of “fissure”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinfissurusabout to cleave
2Latinfindōto cleave, break up, separate, divide, split, part
3Proto-Italicfindōsplit, cleave
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰeyd-to split
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰey-bee
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰey- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰeyd- →Every word from Proto-Italic findō →