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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread fossil #97321 03/01/2003 6:01 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 Maybe a repeat, search was too difficult. I was readiing biography of Georg Bauer, aka Agricola, and it mentioned he wrote a book De Re Focillium. The first meani;ng of "fossil" is anything dug out of a "fossa" - get it? Restriction ot ancient bones etc, came much later. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Re: fossa #97322 03/02/2003 2:07 AM Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 4,189 Rio Grande, Cape May County, N... WhitmanO'Neill Carpal Tunnel WhitmanO'Neill Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 4,189 Rio Grande, Cape May County, N... fossa Thanks, Doc! That's somethin' I never knew all these fossiliferous years of paleontologisizing! from the AHD: fossa SYLLABICATION: fos·sa PRONUNCIATION: fs NOUN: Inflected forms: pl. fos·sae (fs) Anatomy A small cavity or depression, as in a bone. ETYMOLOGY: Latin, ditch, from feminine past participle of fodere, to dig. OTHER FORMS: fossate (fst) —ADJECTIVE Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Re: fossa #97323 03/02/2003 2:23 AM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 You're in the army now, You're not behind a plow; You'll never get rich, Diggin a ditch You son-of-a-bitch, You're in the army now And "foss" = "fossa" = ditch, trench! fosse or foss n. 5ME < OFr < L fossa < fossa (terra), dug (earth) < fossus: see FOSSIL6 a ditch or moat, esp. one used in fortifications Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,916 Posts230,463 Members9,211 Most Online17,319 Apr 8th, 2026 Newest Members Boo boo kitty fu, peterreineck, Peripatetic Toad, JerryC, blvd 9,211 Registered Users Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 29 A C Bowden 6 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 11,272 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,974 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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