Where does “oriflamme” come from?
oriflamme (English) comes from Old French oriflambe, from Latin auriflamma, from Latin aurum, from Latin ausum, from Latin ausus, from Latin audeō, from Latin avidus, from Latin -idus.
oriflamme (English): The red silk banner of St Denis, which the abbot...
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- The red silk banner of St Denis, which the abbot...
Ancestry of “oriflamme”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | oriflambe | oriflamme |
| 2 | Latin | auriflamma | golden flame |
| 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 | — |