fossil
English
/ˈfɒsəl/, /ˈfɑːsəl/
noun
Definitions
- The mineralized remains of an animal or plant.
- (paleontology) Any preserved evidence of ancient life, including shells, imprints, burrows, coprolites, and organically-produced chemicals.
- (linguistics) A fossil word.
- (figuratively) Anything extremely old, extinct, or outdated.
Etymology
Derived from French fossile derived from Latin fossilis (something which has been dug up, dug up, fossil, retrieved from the earth, dug out).
Origin
Latin
fossilis
Gloss
something which has been dug up, dug up, fossil, retrieved from the earth, dug out
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- chemofossil English
- fossilate English
- fossildom English
- fossiled English
- fossilhood English
- fossiliferous English
- fossiliferously English
- fossilification English
- fossilify English
- fossilism English
- fossilist English
- fossility English
- fossilizable English
- fossilization English
- fossilize English
- fossilogy English
- fossilology English
- ichnofossil English
- macrofossil English
- magnetofossil English
- megafossil English
- mesofossil English
- microfossil English
- nanofossil English
- nonfossil English
- nonfossiliferous English
- palynofossil English
- prefossilization English
- pseudofossil English
- semifossil English
- subfossil English
- technofossil English
- unfossiliferous English
- fodiō Latin
- fossilis Latin
- Fossil German
- fossil German
- fossiel Dutch, Flemish
- fossile French
- fossilifère French
- macrofossile French
- fósil Spanish, Castilian
- fossil Norwegian Bokmål
- fossil Norwegian Nynorsk
- fossil Danish
- fosilă Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- فسیل Persian
- ฟอสซิล Thai
- fosilo Ido
- fosil Turkish
- fossiled
- fossilate
- fossilify
- fossilogy
- nonfossil
- fossildom
- fossilism
- fossility
- subfossil
- fossilize
- fossilist
- fossilhood
- nanofossil
- semifossil
- megafossil
- mesofossil
- fossilology
- macrofossil
- chemofossil
- microfossil
- ichnofossil
- palynofossil
- pseudofossil
- technofossil
- fossilizable
- fossilization
- magnetofossil
- fossiliferous
- unfossiliferous
- fossiliferously
- fossilification
- prefossilization
- nonfossiliferous