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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,...
2Latinfodiō—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰod-to pierce, dig
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