Etymology Explorer › Old French

Where does “ostur” come from?

ostur (Old French) comes from Latin auceptor, from Latin accipiter, from Latin accipio, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en — in.

ostur (Old French): goshawk

Definitions

  1. goshawk

Ancestry of “ostur”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinauceptor—
2Latinaccipiterhawk, merlin; a rapacious man
3LatinaccipioI receive, accept, take; I hear , learn , learn;...
4Latinad-to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it...
5Latinīn-—
6Latinîn—
7Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
8Proto-Italicenin
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →