Where does “ossiculum” come from?

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

ossiculum (English): An ossicle

Definitions

  1. An ossicle

Ancestry of “ossiculum”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinossiculumlittle bone, ossicle
2Latinōsmouth
3Proto-Italicōsmouth
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃ésth₁bone

Words derived from “ossiculum”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃ésth₁ →Every word from Proto-Italic ōs →Every word from Latin ōs →