Where does “Orléans” come from?
Orléans (French) comes from Old French Orliens, from Latin Aurelianus, from Latin Aurelius, from Latin aureus, from Latin aurum, from Latin ausum, from Latin ausus, from Latin audeō.
Orléans (French): Orleans; Philippe d’Orléans
Definitions
- Orleans; Philippe d’Orléans
Ancestry of “Orléans”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | Orliens | an Orléanais |
| 2 | Latin | Aurelianus | a member of the gens Aurelia |
| 3 | Latin | Aurelius | golden |
| 4 | Latin | aureus | Made of gold, golden; gilded; Of the color of... |
| 5 | Latin | aurum | gold; any object made of gold, such as a gold... |
| 6 | Latin | ausum | nominative neuter singular of ausus; accusative... |
| 7 | Latin | ausus | dared, having dared, ventured, having ventured,... |
| 8 | Latin | audeō | to dare, venture, risk |
| 9 | Latin | avidus | Greedy, avaricious, covetous; Eager,... |
| 10 | Latin | -idus | tending to |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | *-iðos | — |