Where does “lours” come from?

lours (Mauritian Creole) comes from French ours, from Middle French ours, from Old French urs, from Latin ursus, from Proto-Italic *orsos.

lours (Mauritian Creole): bear

Definitions

  1. bear

Ancestry of “lours”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchoursbear; masthead
2Middle Frenchoursbear
3Old Frenchursbear
4Latinursusa bear
5Proto-Italic*orsos—
Every word from Proto-Italic *orsos →