Where does “atzarós” come from?

atzarós (Catalan) comes from Catalan ós, from Latin ursus, from Proto-Italic *orsos.

atzarós (Catalan): hazardous; dangerous

Definitions

  1. hazardous; dangerous

Ancestry of “atzarós”, step by step

atzarós traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Catalan ós

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Catalanósbear
2Latinursusa bear
3Proto-Italic*orsos—

via Catalan atzar

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Catalanatzarluck, chance; misfortune, accident; hazard,...
2Arabicالزَهْرthe dice
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