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Where does “oisos” come from?
oisos (Old French) comes from Latin ōtiōsus, from Latin -ōsus, from Old Latin -ōssus.
Ancestry of “oisos”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Latin
ōtiōsus
idle
2
Latin
-ōsus
ose, -ous, -ful (full of or overly prone to)
3
Old Latin
-ōssus
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Words derived from “oisos”
oyseux
oisdif
oisif
oiseux
oiseusement
oisivement
oisiveté
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