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Where does “vânos” come from?

vânos (Romanian) comes from Latin venosus, from Latin -ōsus, from Old Latin -ōssus.

vânos (Romanian): veined, wiry, sinewy

Definitions

  1. veined, wiry, sinewy

Ancestry of “vânos”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinvenosusfull of veins, venous; dry, meagre
2Latin-ōsus—
3Old Latin-ōssus—
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