Where does “ossiferous” come from?

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

ossiferous (English): containing or yielding bone

Definitions

  1. containing or yielding bone

Ancestry of “ossiferous”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinōsmouth
2Proto-Italicōsmouth
3Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃ésth₁bone
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃ésth₁ →Every word from Proto-Italic ōs →Every word from Latin ōs →