Where does “auriferously” come from?
auriferously (English) comes from English auriferous, from Latin aurifer, from Latin aurum, from Latin ausum, from Latin ausus, from Latin audeō, from Latin avidus, from Latin -idus.
auriferously (English): In an auriferous manner
Definitions
- In an auriferous manner
Ancestry of “auriferously”, step by step
auriferously traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English auriferous
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | auriferous | Containing or producing gold; gold-bearing |
| 2 | Latin | aurifer | bearing, producing or containing gold,... |
| 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 | — |