Etymograph

English

Osorio

Osorio comes from Latin Osorius.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEOsorius
  2. Spanishc. 1500–presentOsorio
  3. Englishtodaysame form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEOsorius
  2. Spanishc. 1500–presentOsorio
  3. Englishtodaysame form

The story

According to the Dictionary of American Family Names, the Latin term may have originated from the metathesis of Orosius, itself perhaps derived from ὄρος (óros, “mountain”).

Today it means

name A surname from Spanish [in turn from Basque].

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Latin Osorius / Osorio