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Where does “raposo” come from?

raposo (Galician) comes from Spanish raposo, from Old Spanish raposo, from Old Spanish -oso, from Latin -osus, from Old Latin -osos, from Latin ont-to-s, from Latin -o-wont-to-s.

raposo (Galician): fox

Definitions

  1. fox

Ancestry of “raposo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishraposofox
2Old Spanishraposo—
3Old Spanish-oso—
4Latin-osus-ose, -ous; full of, overly, prone to
5Old Latin-ososaccusative masculine plural of -ōsus
6Latinont-to-s—
7Latin-o-wont-to-s—

Words derived from “raposo”

  • Raposo
  • Raposo
Every word from Latin -o-wont-to-s →