Where does “norocos” come from?

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

norocos (Romanian): lucky, fortunate

Definitions

  1. lucky, fortunate

Ancestry of “norocos”, step by step

norocos traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Romanian os

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

via Romanian noroc

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romaniannorocluck; good fortune; cheers!; good luck!
2Proto-Slavicnarokъ—

Words derived from “norocos”

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