English
Foggia
Foggia comes from Latin Fodia, and goes back to Fovea ‘small pit’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEFovea‘small pit’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEFodialater form of Fovea
- Italianc. 1300–presentFoggia
- Englishtodaysame form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEFovea‘small pit’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEFodialater form of Fovea
- Italianc. 1300–presentFoggia
- Englishtodaysame form
Linked words
through Latin Fovea ‘small pit’
Today it means
name A city and comune, the capital of the province of Foggia, Apulia, Italy.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin Fovea / Foggia