Where does “foso” come from?

foso (Spanish) comes from Italian fosso, from Italian fossa, from Latin fossa, from Latin fodiō, from Proto-Indo-European bʰod- — to pierce, dig.

foso (Spanish): ditch, trench; moat, fosse; trap

Definitions

  1. ditch, trench; moat, fosse; trap

Ancestry of “foso”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianfossoditch; moat
2Italianfossapit, hole; grave; fossa
3Latinfossaditch, trench, moat; gutter, waterway; grave
4Latinfodiōto dig, dig up, dig out; to bury; to dig or clear out the earth from a place; to mine, quarry
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰod-to pierce, dig
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰod- →Every word from Latin fodiō →Every word from Latin fossa →