Where does “ostocerbo” come from?
ostocerbo (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto cerbo, from French cerveau, from Middle French cerveau, from Old French cervel, from Latin cerebellum, from Latin cerebrum, from Proto-Italic kerazrom, from Proto-Indo-European ḱerh₂-s-ro — head, top; horn.
ostocerbo (Esperanto): marrow
Definitions
- marrow
Ancestry of “ostocerbo”, step by step
ostocerbo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Esperanto cerbo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Esperanto | cerbo | brain |
| 2 | French | cerveau | brain |
| 3 | Middle French | cerveau | brain |
| 4 | Old French | cervel | brain |
| 5 | Latin | cerebellum | brain, little brain; seat of senses, intellect |
| 6 | Latin | cerebrum | brain; skull |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | kerazrom | brain |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱerh₂-s-ro | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱerh₂- | head, top; horn |
via Esperanto osto
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Esperanto | osto | bone |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | ὀστέον | bone; bones of the earth = rock; stone of fruit |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | κλάσις | breaking, fracture; bending of the knee joint,... |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | -σῐς | "suffix forming nouns" |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -τις | retained after dentals |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -tis | Derives abstract/action nouns from verb roots |