Where does “orant” come from?

orant (English) comes from Latin orans, from Latin ōrō, from Latin ōs, from Proto-Italic ōs, from Proto-Indo-European h₃ésth₁ — bone.

orant (English): An image of a person with the hands raised in...

Definitions

  1. An image of a person with the hands raised in...

Ancestry of “orant”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinoransspeaking, orating; pleading, begging; praying,...
2Latinōrōto orate, deliver a speech publicly
3Latinōsmouth
4Proto-Italicōsmouth
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃ésth₁bone
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃ésth₁ →Every word from Proto-Italic ōs →Every word from Latin ōs →
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