Where does “fricos” come from?

fricos (Romanian) comes from Aromanian os, from Latin ossum, from Latin ōs, from Proto-Italic ōs, from Proto-Indo-European h₃ésth₁ — bone.

fricos (Romanian): cowardly, fearful, timid

Definitions

  1. cowardly, fearful, timid

Ancestry of “fricos”, step by step

fricos traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Aromanian os

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Aromanianosbone
2Latinossumbone; kernel, stone
3Latinōsmouth
4Proto-Italicōsmouth
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃ésth₁bone

via Aromanian fricã

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Aromanianfricãfear
2Ancient Greekφρίκηshuddering, shivering; shivering fear; ruffling
3Ancient Greekφρίξruffling; bristling; shivering

via Romanian os

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianosbone

Words derived from “fricos”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃ésth₁ →Every word from Proto-Italic ōs →Every word from Latin ōs →