noun · neuter
ossāmen
*ossāmen n
Meaning
- Proto Romancereconstructionbones (collectively); set of bones
Origins
Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Italic *-mn̥ Latin -āmen Latin *ossāmen From oss- (“bone”) + -āmen (suffix that took on a collective sense).
Balkan Romance
- Romanianosamă
Italo-Romance
- Italianossame
- Corsicanossame
- Corsicanussame
- Neapolitanossamma
- Neapolitanussamma
- Sicilianussami
Occitano-Romance
- Catalanossam
Ibero-Romance
- Spanishosambre
Insular Romance
- Sardinianossamene
- Campidaneseossaminifrom Sardinian ossamene
- Gallureseussaminifrom Sardinian ossamene
North Italian
- Friulianuessam
- Ladinossam
- Romanshossam