The story
- Latin · derived fromos“bone”
- Late Latin · derived fromossuārium“charnel house”
- English todayossuary
From Late Latin ossuārium (“charnel house”), from ossuārius (“of or for bones”), from compound of Latin os (“bone”) + adjectival suffix -ārius (“of, related to”).
Words from the same roots
Latinos all →
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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.