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Where does “urs” come from?
urs (Old French) comes from Latin ursus, from Proto-Italic *orsos.
urs
(Old French): bear
Definitions
bear
Ancestry of “urs”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Latin
ursus
a bear
2
Proto-Italic
*orsos
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Words derived from “urs”
ours
ours
ourson
ours-garou
lours
lours
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