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oscuridad f. (Noun) "darkness" 13th cent. From Latin oscuritatem, accusative of obscuritas 'id.' Derived from obscurus "dark" (see oscuro). Indo-European Romance Asturian escuridá, Portuguese obscuridade, French obscurité, Italian oscurità Corominas, J. & J. Pascual. Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e híspanico. 6 vols. Madrid: Gredos. 1991-1997. Real Academia Española. Diccionario de la lengua española. Online. 23rd ed. Madrid: Espasa Calpa. 2014. http://www.rae.es/. Sihler, A. New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin. Oxford University Press. 2008.
oscuro (Adjective) "dark" 12th cent. From Latin obscurus 'id.' From ob(s) "toward" (see ob-) and a fossil *scurus or *curus meaning "darkened." From Proto-Italic *skoi-ro- or *koi-ro- 'id.' If indeed related to Greek, Celtic and Gothic cognates, then from Proto-Indo-European *skoh₂-i̯-ro- 'id.' From a root *skeh₂- "to cover." Indo-European Romance Portuguese obscuro, Galician escuro, Catalan obscur, French obscur, Italian oscuro, Eastern Vulgar Latin: Aromanian scur, Romanian obscur, Sardinian iscuru Germanic Gothic skeirs "bright," Old Norse skírr 'id.' Hellenic Ancient Greek σκίρον (skíron) "shady," meaning uncertain Corominas, J. & J. Pascual. Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e híspanico. 6 vols. Madrid: Gredos. 1991-1997. de Vaan, M. Etymological Dictionary of Latin and Other Italic Languages. BRILL. 2014. Dictionnaire Étymologique Roman. Online. Ed. by É. Buchi & W. Schweickard. 2018. http://www.atilf.fr/DERom. Real Academia Española. Diccionario de la lengua española. Online. 23rd ed. Madrid: Espasa Calpa. 2014. http://www.rae.es/. Sihler, A. New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin. Oxford University Press. 2008.
-oso Adjective-forming suffix indicating an abundance or a bundle. From Latin -osus, Old Latin -osos. From Proto-Italic *ōnt-to- 'id.' From Proto-Indo-European *o-u̯ont-to- 'id.' Indo-European Romance Asturian -osu, Portuguese -oso, Catalan -ós, French -eux, Italian -oso, Aromanian -os, Romanian -os, Sardinian -oso de Vaan, M. Etymological Dictionary of Latin and Other Italic Languages. BRILL. 2014. Real Academia Española. Diccionario de la lengua española. Online. 23rd ed. Madrid: Espasa Calpa. 2014. http://www.rae.es/. Sihler, A. New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin. Oxford University Press. 2008.
oso m. (Noun) "bear" 11th cent. From Latin ursus 'id.' From Proto-Italic *orsso- 'id.' From Proto-Indo-European *h₂tḱo- 'id.' Indo-European Romance Asturian osu, Portuguese usso, Galician oso, Catalan ós, French ours, Italian orso, Aromanian ursu, Romanian urs, Sardinian ursu Celtic Old Irish art "bear," "hero," Middle Welsh arth "bear," Old Breton Ard-, Arth- 'id.,' Gaulish Artio, bear goddess Albanian Albanian arí "bear" Hellenic Ancient Greek ἄρκτος (árktos) "bear" Armenian Armenian arǰ "bear" Indo-Iranian Sanskrit ŕ̥kṣa- "bear," Young Avestan arša 'id.' As de Vaan (2014) points out, the word was heavily subjected to taboo distortion, as it was forbidden to speak the name of the bear during a hunt. Thus the word is phonologically warped. The appurtanance of Latin ursus is difficult to explain, Proto-Italic *orsso- should yield **orsus; furthermore, Proto-Italic *orsso- is difficult to explain because Proto-Indo-European *h₂rtḱo- should yield **arsso-. Corominas, J. & J. Pascual. Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e híspanico. 6 vols. Madrid: Gredos. 1991-1997. de Vaan, M. Etymological Dictionary of Latin and Other Italic Languages. BRILL. 2014. Real Academia Española. Diccionario de la lengua española. Online. 23rd ed. Madrid: Espasa Calpa. 2014. http://www.rae.es/. Sihler, A. New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin. Oxford University Press. 2008.
otorgar (Verb) "to authorize" 11th cent. From Vulgar Latin *auctoricare "to grant," from Latin auctorare 'id.,' derived from augere "to create," "to enlarge" (see aumento). Indo-European Romance French octroyer, Italian otriare Corominas, J. & J. Pascual. Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e híspanico. 6 vols. Madrid: Gredos. 1991-1997. Dictionnaire Étymologique Roman. Online. Ed. by É. Buchi & W. Schweickard. 2018. http://www.atilf.fr/DERom. Real Academia Española. Diccionario de la lengua española. Online. 23rd ed. Madrid: Espasa Calpa. 2014. http://www.rae.es/. Sihler, A. New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin. Oxford University Press. 2008.
otro (Adjective) "other," "another" 11th cent. Old Spanish otro. 10th cent. Old Spanish altro. Vulgar Latin alterum "other" (Peregrinatio, 4th cent.). From Latin alter "other" but also the ordinal number "second." From Proto-Italic *āl-tero- 'id.' From Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- "other" and *-tero- "one of the two," a comparative suffix (see -tr-). Indo-European Romance Asturian otru, Portuguese outro, Galician outro, Catalan altre, French autre, Italian altro, Aromanian altu, Romanian alt, Sardinian àteru Italic Oscan alttram "the other" For further commentary on *h₂el- see el (2), él, ella, ello. Corominas, J. & J. Pascual. Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e híspanico. 6 vols. Madrid: Gredos. 1991-1997. de Vaan, M. Etymological Dictionary of Latin and Other Italic Languages. BRILL. 2014. Dictionnaire Étymologique Roman. Online. Ed. by É. Buchi & W. Schweickard. 2018. http://www.atilf.fr/DERom. Real Academia Española. Diccionario de la lengua española. Online. 23rd ed. Madrid: Espasa Calpa. 2014. http://www.rae.es/. Sihler, A. New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin. Oxford University Press. 2008.
-oy First person singular. Old Spanish -o or -ó. The explanation for the unexpected development from -o to -oy is unclear. The most probable theories are: contamination from yo (e.g. so yo > soy yo; do yo > doy yo) , Müller (1963); and (2) contamination from the now-extinct word y "there," which is known to be the origin of <y> in hay "there is" (see discussion and sources in Lloyd 1987). Real Academia Española. Diccionario de la lengua española. Online. 23rd ed. Madrid: Espasa Calpa. 2014. http://www.rae.es/.
oyente (Noun) "auditor" 15th cent. From oír. Corominas, J. & J. Pascual. Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e híspanico. 6 vols. Madrid: Gredos. 1991-1997. Real Academia Española. Diccionario de la lengua española. Online. 23rd ed. Madrid: Espasa Calpa. 2014. http://www.rae.es/.