Words that come from Latin “ostrea”

88 words across 30 languages descend from Latin ostrea — including oyster, oysterman, oystercatcher, oysterbank, oystery, oysterlike, oysterwoman, oysterishness.

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English (23)

Translingual (8)

Spanish (7)

Latin (5)

Finnish (5)

Italian (4)

Catalan (3)

German (3)

Swedish (3)

Dutch (2)

Hungarian (2)

Polish (2)

Cornish (2)

Old French (2)

Middle English (2)

French (1)

Middle French (1)

Venetian (1)

Esperanto (1)

Norman (1)

Portuguese (1)

Old English (1)

Tok Pisin (1)

Anglo-Norman (1)

Middle Dutch (1)

Middle Low German (1)

Old Swedish (1)

Scottish Gaelic (1)

Irish (1)

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