Where does “doré” come from?
doré (French) comes from Old French doré, from Old French dorer, from Latin deaurātus, from Latin deaurō, from Latin aurō, from Latin aurum, from Latin ausum, from Latin ausus.
doré (French): golden; past participle of dorer
Definitions
- golden; past participle of dorer
Ancestry of “doré”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | doré | golden; gold |
| 2 | Old French | dorer | to {{l|en|gild}} |
| 3 | Latin | deaurātus | gilded |
| 4 | Latin | deaurō | to gild; cover with gold |
| 5 | Latin | aurō | to gild |
| 6 | Latin | aurum | gold; any object made of gold, such as a gold... |
| 7 | Latin | ausum | nominative neuter singular of ausus; accusative... |
| 8 | Latin | ausus | dared, having dared, ventured, having ventured,... |
| 9 | Latin | audeō | to dare, venture, risk |
| 10 | Latin | avidus | Greedy, avaricious, covetous; Eager,... |
| 11 | Latin | -idus | tending to |
| 12 | Proto-Italic | *-iðos | — |