Where does “scârbos” come from?

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

scârbos (Romanian): disgusting, gross, foul, icky, repulsive,...

Definitions

  1. disgusting, gross, foul, icky, repulsive,...

Ancestry of “scârbos”, step by step

scârbos traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Romanian os

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

via Romanian scârbă

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianscârbădisgust, repugnance, aversion, nausea; epithet...
2Old Church Slavonicскръбьgrief, sorrow
3Proto-Slavicskъrbьgrief, sorrow

Words derived from “scârbos”

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