Where does “uva ursi” come from?
uva ursi (English) comes from Latin uva, from Proto-Italic *oiwā.
uva ursi (English): The bearberry
Ancestry of “uva ursi”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | uva | grape; ablative singular of ūva |
| 2 | Proto-Italic | *oiwā | — |