Where does “oiseux” come from?

oiseux (French) comes from Old French oyseux, from Old French oisos, from Latin ōtiōsus, from Latin -ōsus, from Old Latin -ōssus.

oiseux (French): pointless; idle

Definitions

  1. pointless; idle

Ancestry of “oiseux”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchoyseuxidle
2Old Frenchoisos—
3Latinōtiōsusidle
4Latin-ōsusose, -ous, -ful (full of or overly prone to)
5Old Latin-ōssus—

Words derived from “oiseux”

Every word from Old Latin -ōssus →Every word from Latin -ōsus →Every word from Latin ōtiōsus →