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