Where does “mătăsos” come from?

mătăsos (Romanian) comes from Romanian -os, from Latin -ōsus, from Old Latin -ōssus.

mătăsos (Romanian): silky

Definitions

  1. silky

Ancestry of “mătăsos”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanian-osForms adjectives; -ous
2Latin-ōsusose, -ous, -ful (full of or overly prone to)
3Old Latin-ōssus—
Every word from Old Latin -ōssus →Every word from Latin -ōsus →Every word from Romanian -os →