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Where does “fodere” come from?

fodere (Latin) comes from Latin fodio, from Proto-Indo-European bʰod- — to pierce, dig.

fodere (Latin): third-person plural perfect active indicative of...

Definitions

  1. third-person plural perfect active indicative of...

Ancestry of “fodere”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinfodioI dig ; bury; dig or clear out the earth from a...
2Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰod-to pierce, dig

Words derived from “fodere”

  • fossil
  • fossils
  • fossa
  • fosse
  • fossiliferous
  • fossilization
  • fossilize
  • microfossil
  • macrofossil
  • subfossil
  • unfossiliferous
  • nonfossil
  • megafossil
  • fossilist
  • fossula
  • fossette
  • ichnofossil
  • fossiled
  • nonfossiliferous
  • fossilizable
  • fossilology
  • fossilism
  • postfossette
  • fosseway
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