Where does “pretensiós” come from?

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

pretensiós (Catalan): pretentious

Definitions

  1. pretentious

Ancestry of “pretensiós”, step by step

pretensiós traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Catalan ós

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

via Catalan pretensió

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Catalanpretensiópretence

Words derived from “pretensiós”

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