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Where does “doras” come from?

doras (French) comes from French dorer, from Old French dorer, from Latin deaurātus, from Latin deaurō, from Latin aurō, from Latin aurum, from Latin ausum, from Latin ausus.

doras (French): second-person singular past historic of dorer

Definitions

  1. second-person singular past historic of dorer

Ancestry of “doras”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchdorerto gild; to coat something in gold; to brighten...
2Old Frenchdorerto {{l|en|gild}}
3Latindeaurātus—
4Latindeaurō—
5Latinaurō—
6Latinaurumgold; any object made of gold, such as a gold...
7Latinausumnominative neuter singular of ausus; accusative...
8Latinaususdared, having dared, ventured, having ventured,...
9Latinaudeō—
10LatinavidusGreedy, avaricious, covetous; Eager,...
11Latin-idustending to
12Proto-Italic*-iðos—
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