The story
- Proto-Indo-European · derived from*h₃ep-os-“work”
- Latin · derived fromOsci
- English todayOscan
From Latin Osci, Opsci ("worshippers of Ops"), an Italic harvest goddess, related to Latin ops, opis (“riches, wealth, plenty”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ep-os- (“work”), from the verbal root *h₃ep- (“to work”).
Words from the same roots
LatinOsci all →
Osci
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.