Where does “ospice” come from?
ospice (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Proto-Slavic osъpa, from Proto-Slavic -a, from Proto-Indo-European -ōd.
ospice (Serbo-Croatian): measles
Ancestry of “ospice”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Proto-Slavic | osъpa | smallpox |
| 2 | Proto-Slavic | -a | id |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | -ōd | — |