Etymology

ossature

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Today it means: A skeletal framework; an underlying structure. Full definition →

French ossature ← Latin os
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromos“bone”
  2. French · derived fromossature
  3. English todayossature

From French ossature, from Latin os (“bone”) + -ature.

Words from the same roots

Latinos all →

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