Where does “ours” come from?

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

ours (Middle French): bear

Definitions

  1. bear

Ancestry of “ours”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchursbear
2Latinursusa bear
3Proto-Italic*orsos—

Words derived from “ours”

Every word from Proto-Italic *orsos →