Where does “ossa” come from?

ossa (Catalan) comes from Latin ursa, from Latin ursus, from Ancient Greek Ἄρκτος, from Proto-Indo-European h₂ŕ̥tḱos, from Proto-Indo-European h₂r̥tḱós — destroying.

ossa (Catalan): she-bear

Definitions

  1. she-bear

Ancestry of “ossa”, step by step

ossa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin ursa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinursaa she-bear, female bear; ablative singular of...
2Latinursusa bear
3Ancient GreekἌρκτοςUrsa Major
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂ŕ̥tḱosbear
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂r̥tḱósdestroying

via Latin Ossa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinOssaA mountain of Thessaly, separated from the Olympus by the valley of Tempe
2Latinōsmouth
3Proto-Italicōsmouth
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃ésth₁bone

Words derived from “ossa”

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