Etymology of the French word fossile
the French word
fossilederived from the Latin word
fossilis (dug up, out; fossil-)
derived from the Latin word
fossusderived from the Latin word
fodere (to dig; dig, dig out, up)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*bhedh- (to dig, to pierce)
Date
The earliest known usage of fossile in French dates from the 16th century.
Derivations in French
fossiliser,
fossilité,
subfossile,
fossilifère,
nanofossileDerivations in other languages
English
fossilCognates
Danish
fossil, Dutch
fossiel, English
fossil, German
Fossil, Norwegian
fossil, Swedish
fossil
