Etymology

fosse

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Today it means: A ditch or moat. Full definition →

Middle English fosse ← Old French fosse ← Latin fossa
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromfossa“ditch, trench”
  2. Old French · derived fromfosse
  3. Middle English · inherited fromfosse
  4. English todayfosse

From Middle English fosse, from Old French fosse, from Latin fossa (“ditch, trench”).

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