os
Pronunciation: /ˈos/
“os” is a Romanian word. Its meaning in English:
noun
In Romanian
- element de bază al scheletului vertebratelor, caracterizat prin structura lui dură, solidă și rezistentă, de culoare albă.
- os sau material cornos prelucrat, întrebuințat la fabricarea unor obiecte, în industrie, în arte decorative etc.
- (fig.) (la pl.) trup; ființă, făptură.
- (fig.) neam, familie, viță.
Etymology
Inherited from Latin ossum, popular variant of os, ossis, from Proto-Italic *ōs, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ésth₁ (“bone”), *h₂óst. Compare Catalan os, French os, Italian osso, Portuguese osso, Sardinian ossu, Spanish hueso.
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