Where does “oropendola” come from?
oropendola (English) comes from Spanish oropéndola, from Spanish oro, from Old Spanish oro, from Latin aurum, from Latin ausum, from Latin ausus, from Latin audeō, from Latin avidus.
oropendola (English): Any of a number of tropical birds related to the...
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- Any of a number of tropical birds related to the...
Ancestry of “oropendola”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | oropéndola | oriole; oropendola |
| 2 | Spanish | oro | gold; a suit in the Spanish deck of cards; a card... |
| 3 | Old Spanish | oro | — |
| 4 | Latin | aurum | gold; any object made of gold, such as a gold... |
| 5 | Latin | ausum | nominative neuter singular of ausus; accusative... |
| 6 | Latin | ausus | dared, having dared, ventured, having ventured,... |
| 7 | Latin | audeō | to dare, venture, risk |
| 8 | Latin | avidus | Greedy, avaricious, covetous; Eager,... |
| 9 | Latin | -idus | tending to |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | *-iðos | — |