Where does “Aurelius” come from?
Aurelius derives from Latin Aurelius, from Latin aurum meaning gold, from Proto-Italic auzom, from Proto-Indo-European h₂é-h₂us-o-, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European h₂ews-.
Aurelius (English): of mostly historical use in the Anglo-Saxon world
Definitions
- of mostly historical use in the Anglo-Saxon world
Ancestry of “Aurelius”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | Aurelius | golden |
| 2 | Latin | aureus | Made of gold, golden; gilded; Of the color of... |
| 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 | — |