petrosus

Latin

Etymology

petra +‎ -ōsus.

Adjective

petrōsus (feminine petrōsa, neuter petrōsum); first/second declension

rocky

Descendants

Aromanian: chitros
Asturian: pedrosu
Catalan: pedrós, petrós
English: petrosal, petrous
French: pétreux, pierreux
Galician: pedroso
Italian: petroso, pietroso
Occitan: peirós
Portuguese: pedroso, petroso
Romanian: pietros
Sicilian: pitrusu
Spanish: pedroso, petroso

References

petrosus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
petrosus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

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