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Where does “râpos” come from?

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

râpos (Romanian): steep; full of precipices

Definitions

  1. steep; full of precipices

Ancestry of “râpos”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianosbone
2Latinossumbone; kernel, stone
3Latinōs—
4Proto-Italicōs—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃ésth₁bone
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