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os

/ˈos/

Rhymes with -os

Where it comes from

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.

noun oase · os · osul · oasele

neuter bone

In English

bone material

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"os." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/ro/os. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

os. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/ro/os

Chicago

"os." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/ro/os.

BibTeX

@misc{os_2026,
  title = {os},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ro/os},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}