Where does “ursu” come from?

ursu (Sicilian) comes from Latin ursus, from Proto-Italic *orsos.

ursu (Sicilian): bear

Definitions

  1. bear

Ancestry of “ursu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinursusa bear
2Proto-Italic*orsos—
Every word from Proto-Italic *orsos →Every word from Latin ursus →
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