Where does “ostia” come from?

ostia (Italian) comes from Latin Ostia, from Latin ōs, from Proto-Italic ōs, from Proto-Indo-European h₃ésth₁ — bone.

ostia (Italian): host; wafer; Mildly blasphemous expletive

Definitions

  1. host; wafer; Mildly blasphemous expletive

Ancestry of “ostia”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinOstiaOstia
2Latinōsmouth
3Proto-Italicōsmouth
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃ésth₁bone

Words derived from “ostia”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃ésth₁ →Every word from Proto-Italic ōs →Every word from Latin ōs →