Where does “fissura” come from?

fissura (Portuguese) comes from Latin fissura, from Latin findō, from Proto-Italic findō, from Proto-Indo-European bʰeyd-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰey- — bee.

fissura (Portuguese): fissure; third-person singular present indicative...

Definitions

  1. fissure; third-person singular present indicative...

Ancestry of “fissura”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinfissurafissure, cleft; nominative feminine singular of...
2Latinfindōto cleave, break up, separate, divide, split, part
3Proto-Italicfindōsplit, cleave
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰeyd-to split
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰey-bee

Words derived from “fissura”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰey- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰeyd- →Every word from Proto-Italic findō →
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