Where does “fosse” come from?

fosse (Middle English) comes from Old French fossé, from Late Latin fossatum, from Latin fossō, from Latin fodiō, from Proto-Indo-European bʰod- — to pierce, dig.

Ancestry of “fosse”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchfosséfosse
2Late Latinfossatumentrenchment, place enclosed by a ditch; a ditch,...
3Latinfossōto dig, pierce
4Latinfodiōto dig, dig up, dig out; to bury; to dig or clear out the earth from a place; to mine, quarry
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰod-to pierce, dig

Words derived from “fosse”

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