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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

  1. bear

Ancestry of “urs”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinursusa bear
2Proto-Italic*orsos—

Words derived from “urs”

  • ours
  • ourson
  • ursido
  • urson
  • ursino
  • ursaro
  • virurso
  • urso
  • ursino
  • urso
  • ours
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