Etymology

fossor

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Today it means: A gravedigger in the catacombs of Ancient Rome. Full definition →

Latin fossor
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  1. Latin · derived fromfossor“digger; gravedigger”
  2. English todayfossor

From Latin fossor (“digger; gravedigger”), from fodiō (“dig”).

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