Where does “owrek” come from?
owrek (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.
owrek (Cornish): golden
Ancestry of “owrek”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 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 | — |
| 7 | Latin | avidus | Greedy, avaricious, covetous; Eager,... |
| 8 | Latin | -idus | tending to |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | *-iðos | — |