Where does “fosă” come from?
fosă (Romanian) comes from French fossé, from Middle French fossé, from Old French fossé, from Late Latin fossatum, from Latin fossō, from Latin fodiō, from Proto-Indo-European bʰod- — to pierce, dig.
fosă (Romanian): pit, hole, cavity, gap; orchestra pit; oceanic...
Definitions
- pit, hole, cavity, gap; orchestra pit; oceanic...
Ancestry of “fosă”, step by step
fosă traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via French fossé
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | fossé | ditch; trench; moat |
| 2 | Middle French | fossé | trench; ditch |
| 3 | Old French | fossé | fosse |
| 4 | Late Latin | fossatum | entrenchment, place enclosed by a ditch; a ditch,... |
| 5 | Latin | fossō | to dig, pierce |
| 6 | Latin | fodiō | to dig, dig up, dig out; to bury; to dig or clear out the earth from a place; to mine, quarry |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰod- | to pierce, dig |
via Italian fossa
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | fossa | pit, hole; grave; fossa |