Where does “fossé” come from?

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

fossé (Old French): fosse

Definitions

  1. fosse

Ancestry of “fossé”, step by step

fossé traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Late Latin fossatum

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

via Latin fossa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinfossaditch, trench, moat; gutter, waterway; grave

Words derived from “fossé”

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