Where does “ursino” come from?
ursino (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto urso, from Latin ursus, from Proto-Italic *orsos.
ursino (Esperanto): a female bear, a sow
Ancestry of “ursino”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Esperanto | urso | bear |
| 2 | Latin | ursus | a bear |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | *orsos | — |