Where does “ossiculum” come from?

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

ossiculum (Latin): little bone, ossicle

Definitions

  1. little bone, ossicle

Ancestry of “ossiculum”, step by step

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

Words derived from “ossiculum”

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