Where does “raposo” come from?

raposo (Spanish) comes from Old Spanish raposo, from Old Spanish -oso, from Latin -osus, from Old Latin -osos, from Latin ont-to-s, from Latin -o-wont-to-s.

raposo (Spanish): fox

Definitions

Ancestry of “raposo”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Old Spanish	raposo	—
2	Old Spanish	-oso	—
3	Latin	-osus	-ose, -ous; full of, overly, prone to
4	Old Latin	-osos	accusative masculine plural of -ōsus
5	Latin	ont-to-s	—
6	Latin	-o-wont-to-s	—

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