Where does “catifuros” come from?

catifuros (Aromanian) comes from Aromanian os, from Latin ossum, from Latin ōs, from Proto-Italic ōs, from Proto-Indo-European h₃ésth₁ — bone.

catifuros (Aromanian): descending (road), downhill

Definitions

  1. descending (road), downhill

Ancestry of “catifuros”, step by step

catifuros traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Aromanian os

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Aromanianosbone
2Latinossumbone; kernel, stone
3Latinōsmouth
4Proto-Italicōsmouth
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃ésth₁bone

via Aromanian catifur

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Aromaniancatifurslope, declivity
2Greekκατηφόρα—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃ésth₁ →Every word from Proto-Italic ōs →Every word from Latin ōs →