Where does “valuós” come from?

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

valuós (Catalan): valuable

Definitions

  1. valuable

Ancestry of “valuós”, step by step

valuós traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Catalan ós

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

via Catalan vàlua

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Catalanvàluavalue; worth
Every word from Proto-Italic *orsos →Every word from Latin ursus →Every word from Catalan ós →