Etymograph

English

fossility

From fossil + -ity.

A compound of fossil + -ity

Proto-Indo-European *bʰedʰh₂- ‘to dig, burrow’

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Proto-Italic *foðjō ‘to pierce’

Latin fodio ‘to dig up’

Latin fossilis ‘something which has been dug up’

French fossile

English fossil

Today it means

noun The quality of being a genuine fossil.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / fossility