Where does “fesse” come from?

fesse (Middle French) comes from Old French fesse, from Vulgar Latin fissa, from Latin fissum, from Latin fissus, from Proto-Indo-European bʰidtós, from Proto-Indo-European bʰeyd-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰey- — bee.

fesse (Middle French): buttock

Definitions

  1. buttock

Ancestry of “fesse”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchfessebuttock
2Vulgar Latinfissanominative feminine singular of fissus;...
3Latinfissumnominative neuter singular of fissus; accusative...
4Latinfissussplit, cloven
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰidtóssplit, cloven
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰeyd-to split
7Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰey-bee

Words derived from “fesse”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰey- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰeyd- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰidtós →