Where does “owra” come from?
owra (Cornish) comes from Cornish owr, from Welsh awr, from Latin aurum, from Latin ausum, from Latin ausus, from Latin audeō, from Latin avidus, from Latin -idus.
owra (Cornish): to gild
Definitions
- to gild
Ancestry of “owra”, step by step
owra traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Cornish owr
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cornish | owr | gold |
| 2 | Welsh | awr | hour |
| 3 | Latin | aurum | gold; any object made of gold, such as a gold... |
| 4 | Latin | ausum | nominative neuter singular of ausus; accusative... |
| 5 | Latin | ausus | dared, having dared, ventured, having ventured,... |
| 6 | Latin | audeō | to dare, venture, risk |
| 7 | Latin | avidus | Greedy, avaricious, covetous; Eager,... |
| 8 | Latin | -idus | tending to |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | *-iðos | — |
via Cornish a
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cornish | a | Marks the following verb to the preceding... |