Where does “ostie” come from?

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

ostie (Italian): plural of ostia

Definitions

  1. plural of ostia

Ancestry of “ostie”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianostiahost; wafer; Mildly blasphemous expletive
2LatinOstiaOstia
3Latinōsmouth
4Proto-Italicōsmouth
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃ésth₁bone
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃ésth₁ →Every word from Proto-Italic ōs →Every word from Latin ōs →