fósil

/ˈfosil/ · B2 · noun · m

dodo

fósil — dodo

🦴 fósil sounds like fossil, both from Latin fossilis, dug up from the earth

Spanish fósil and English fossil share the Latin root fossilis, meaning dug up, from fodere, to dig. Anything you dig out of the ground is a fossil. Note the written accent on the first syllable: FÓ-sil.

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