Where does “New Orleans” come from?
New Orleans (English) comes from French La Nouvelle-Orléans, from French Orléans, from Old French Orliens, from Latin Aurelianus, from Latin Aurelius, from Latin aureus, from Latin aurum, from Latin ausum.
New Orleans (English): which is coterminous with the city
Definitions
- which is coterminous with the city
Ancestry of “New Orleans”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | La Nouvelle-Orléans | — |
| 2 | French | Orléans | Orleans; Philippe d’Orléans |
| 3 | Old French | Orliens | an Orléanais |
| 4 | Latin | Aurelianus | a member of the gens Aurelia |
| 5 | Latin | Aurelius | golden |
| 6 | Latin | aureus | Made of gold, golden; gilded; Of the color of... |
| 7 | Latin | aurum | gold; any object made of gold, such as a gold... |
| 8 | Latin | ausum | nominative neuter singular of ausus; accusative... |
| 9 | Latin | ausus | dared, having dared, ventured, having ventured,... |
| 10 | Latin | audeō | to dare, venture, risk |
| 11 | Latin | avidus | Greedy, avaricious, covetous; Eager,... |
| 12 | Latin | -idus | tending to |
| 13 | Proto-Italic | *-iðos | — |