Latin

ōs

‘mouth’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Latin ōs.

21 English words in this record descend from Latin ōs, most familiar first.

• oral ← ōrālis
• os
• regatta ← regata ← auriga ← aurea ← ōreae
• ossuary ← ossuārium ← ossuārius
• osseous ← osseus
• orography
• osculum
• adosculation ← adōsculor ← ōsculor ← ōsculum
• aurigal ← aurīgālis ← aurīga ← aurea ← ōreae
• inosculate ← osculor ← ōsculum
• ossicle ← ossiculum
• ossature

More words from ōs

• osculate
• oscular
• osculation
• osseoaponeurotic
• ossicone
• ossiferous
• osculatrix
• ossiculum
• osculant

Etymograph / Latin ōs