Where does “zo” come from?

zo (Haitian Creole) comes from French os, from Middle French os, from Old French os, from Latin ossum, from Latin ōs, from Proto-Italic ōs, from Proto-Indo-European h₃ésth₁ — bone.

zo (Haitian Creole): bone

Definitions

  1. bone

Ancestry of “zo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchosbone
2Middle Frenchosbone
3Old Frenchosbone
4Latinossumbone; kernel, stone
5Latinōsmouth
6Proto-Italicōsmouth
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃ésth₁bone
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃ésth₁ →Every word from Proto-Italic ōs →Every word from Latin ōs →