Where does “fosse” come from?

fosse (Latin) comes from Latin fossus, from Latin fodiō, from Proto-Indo-European bʰod- — to pierce, dig.

fosse (Latin): vocative masculine singular of fossus

Definitions

  1. vocative masculine singular of fossus

Ancestry of “fosse”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinfossusDug up, out or around, buried, mined, quarried,...
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
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰod- →Every word from Latin fodiō →Every word from Latin fossus →