Where does “aureus” come from?
Aureus derives from Latin aureus, an adjective meaning golden, from Latin aurum meaning gold, from Proto-Italic auzom, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European h₂ews-.
aureus (English): A gold coin, minted in the Roman Empire from...
Definitions
- A gold coin, minted in the Roman Empire from...
Ancestry of “aureus”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | aureus | Made of gold, golden; gilded; Of the color of... |
| 2 | Latin | aurum | gold; any object made of gold, such as a gold... |
| 3 | Latin | ausum | nominative neuter singular of ausus; accusative... |
| 4 | Latin | ausus | dared, having dared, ventured, having ventured,... |
| 5 | Latin | audeō | to dare, venture, risk |
| 6 | Latin | avidus | Greedy, avaricious, covetous; Eager,... |
| 7 | Latin | -idus | tending to |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | *-iðos | — |