foxo

Meaning

1. (masculine) pit (hole in the ground)
2. (masculine) trapping pit (a camouflaged pit used to capture large animals)
3. (masculine) moat (defensive ditch surrounding a fortification)
4. (figuratively, masculine) gap (difference between ideas, concepts or situations)
5. (masculine) ditch

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈfo.ʃo̝/

Etymology

Inherited from Latin: fovea

Cognate with Portuguese: fojo

Cognate with Spanish: hoyo

Cognate with Asturian: fueyu

In summary

From Old Galician-Portuguese, attested as fogio in 13th century local documents; from Latin fovea (“pit”), with a change in gender or possibly through a Vulgar Latin form *foveum, or either from Vulgar Latin *fodia. Compare Portuguese fojo, Spanish hoyo, Asturian fueyu.