Where does “orpiment” come from?
orpiment (English) comes from Middle English orpyment, from Old French orpiment, from Latin auripigmentum, from Latin aurum, from Latin ausum, from Latin ausus, from Latin audeō, from Latin avidus.
orpiment (English): arsenic trisulphide, occurring naturally in...
Definitions
- arsenic trisulphide, occurring naturally in...
Ancestry of “orpiment”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | orpyment | orpiment |
| 2 | Old French | orpiment | — |
| 3 | Latin | auripigmentum | orpiment |
| 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 | — |