Where does “קוריוז” come from?
קוריוז (Hebrew) comes from Russian курьёз, from Latin curiosus, from Latin -osus, from Old Latin -osos, from Latin ont-to-s, from Latin -o-wont-to-s.
קוריוז (Hebrew): a curiosity; a unique and usually somewhat...
Definitions
- a curiosity; a unique and usually somewhat...
Ancestry of “קוריוז”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Russian | курьёз | curio; funny or interesting thing or incident |
| 2 | Latin | curiosus | Careful, diligent, thoughtful, devoted;... |
| 3 | Latin | -osus | -ose, -ous; full of, overly, prone to |
| 4 | Old Latin | -osos | accusative masculine plural of -ōsus |
| 5 | Latin | ont-to-s | — |
| 6 | Latin | -o-wont-to-s | — |