Where does “bellicose” come from?

bellicose (Latin) comes from Latin bellicosus, from Latin -ōsus, from Old Latin -ōssus.

bellicose (Latin): vocative masculine singular of bellicōsus

Definitions

  1. vocative masculine singular of bellicōsus

Ancestry of “bellicose”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinbellicosuswarlike, fierce, bellicose
2Latin-ōsusose, -ous, -ful (full of or overly prone to)
3Old Latin-ōssus—
Every word from Old Latin -ōssus →Every word from Latin -ōsus →Every word from Latin bellicosus →