Where does “riscós” come from?

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

riscós (Catalan): risky

Definitions

  1. risky

Ancestry of “riscós”, step by step

riscós traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Catalan ós

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

via Catalan risc

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