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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

  1. pit, hole, cavity, gap; orchestra pit; oceanic...

Ancestry of “fosă”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchfosséditch; trench; moat
2Middle Frenchfossétrench; ditch
3Old Frenchfossé—
4Late Latinfossatumentrenchment, place enclosed by a ditch; a ditch,...
5Latinfossō—
6Latinfodiō—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰod-to pierce, dig
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