Where does “cerós” come from?
cerós (Catalan) comes from Catalan ós, from Latin ursus, from Proto-Italic *orsos.
cerós (Catalan): waxy; cerous
Ancestry of “cerós”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Catalan | ós | bear |
| 2 | Latin | ursus | a bear |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | *orsos | — |