Where does “fossus” come from?

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

fossus (Latin): Dug up, out or around, buried, mined, quarried,...

Definitions

  1. Dug up, out or around, buried, mined, quarried,...

Ancestry of “fossus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinfodiōto dig, dig up, dig out; to bury; to dig or clear out the earth from a place; to mine, quarry
2Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰod-to pierce, dig

Words derived from “fossus”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰod- →Every word from Latin fodiō →