Where does “limbricos” come from?

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

limbricos (Aromanian): who has belly worms

Definitions

  1. who has belly worms

Ancestry of “limbricos”, step by step

limbricos traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Aromanian os

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

via Romanian limbric

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianlimbricroundworm
2Latinlumbricusearthworm; intestinal worm
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃ésth₁ →Every word from Proto-Italic ōs →Every word from Latin ōs →