myEtymology.com: Latin etymology of fossula

Etymology of the Latin word fossula

the Latin word fossula

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)

English fossula, Italian fiosso