Etymograph

English

ossiferous

Ossiferous comes from Latin os ‘bone’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *h₃ésth₁.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₃ésth₁‘bone’reconstructed
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEos‘bone’
  3. Englishtodayossiferous

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₃ésth₁‘bone’reconstructed
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEos‘bone’
  3. Englishtodayossiferous

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *h₃ésth₁ ‘bone’

astragalus, 14 more

through Latin os ‘bone’

oral, os, regatta, 17 more

Today it means

adj Containing or yielding bone.

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

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *h₃ésth₁ / ossiferous

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