Where does “ossature” come from?

ossature (English) comes from French ossature, from Latin ōs, from Proto-Italic ōs, from Proto-Indo-European h₃ésth₁ — bone.

ossature (English): A skeletal framework; an underlying structure;...

Definitions

  1. A skeletal framework; an underlying structure;...

Ancestry of “ossature”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchossatureframe, structure, framework; bone structure
2Latinōsmouth
3Proto-Italicōsmouth
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃ésth₁bone
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃ésth₁ →Every word from Proto-Italic ōs →Every word from Latin ōs →