Where does “mantegós” come from?

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

mantegós (Catalan): buttery

Definitions

  1. buttery

Ancestry of “mantegós”, step by step

mantegós traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Catalan ós

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

via Catalan mantega

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Catalanmantegabutter
Every word from Proto-Italic *orsos →Every word from Latin ursus →Every word from Catalan ós →