Where does “Val-d'Or” come from?

Val-d'Or (French) comes from French or, from Middle French or, from Old French or, from Latin aurum, from Latin ausum, from Latin ausus, from Latin audeō, from Latin avidus.

Ancestry of “Val-d'Or”, step by step

Val-d'Or traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via French or

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	French	or	gold; or; now, presently
2	Middle French	or	gold
3	Old French	or	gold; blond color; Alternative form of ore
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	—

via French val

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	French	val	valley, vale
2	Old French	val	valley
3	Latin	vallis	valley, vale; hollow; dative plural of vāllum
4	Proto-Indo-European	wēlH-	to roll, to undulate
5	Proto-Indo-European	welH-	to turn, to wind

via French d'

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	French	d'	Apocopic form of de: of
2	French	de	of; from; used attributively, often translated...
3	Latin	de	The name of the letter "D"; of, concerning,...
4	Proto-Indo-European	de	Emphatic or contrastive particle, and, but;...

Words derived from “Val-d'Or”

Val-d'Or

Every word from Proto-Italic *-iðos →Every word from Latin -idus →Every word from Latin avidus →