myEtymology.com: Italian etymology of antifosso

Etymology of the Italian word antifosso

the Italian word antifosso

derived from the Italian word fosso

derived from the Italian word fossa

derived from the Latin word fossa (ditch, channel, something dug; a dig, trench, ditch; ditch, trench, canal)

derived from the Latin word fodere (to dig; dig, dig out, up)

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *bhedh- (to dig, to pierce)

derived from the Italian word anti-

using the Latin prefix ante-

derived from the Latin word ante (before)

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *ant-