Where does “mordoré” come from?
mordoré (French) comes from French doré, from Old French doré, from Old French dorer, from Latin deaurātus, from Latin deaurō, from Latin aurō, from Latin aurum, from Latin ausum.
mordoré (French): golden brown
Definitions
- golden brown
Ancestry of “mordoré”, step by step
mordoré traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via French doré
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | doré | golden; past participle of dorer |
| 2 | Old French | doré | golden; gold |
| 3 | Old French | dorer | to {{l|en|gild}} |
| 4 | Latin | deaurātus | gilded |
| 5 | Latin | deaurō | to gild; cover with gold |
| 6 | Latin | aurō | to gild |
| 7 | Latin | aurum | gold; any object made of gold, such as a gold... |
| 8 | Latin | ausum | nominative neuter singular of ausus; accusative... |
| 9 | Latin | ausus | dared, having dared, ventured, having ventured,... |
| 10 | Latin | audeō | to dare, venture, risk |
| 11 | Latin | avidus | Greedy, avaricious, covetous; Eager,... |
| 12 | Latin | -idus | tending to |
| 13 | Proto-Italic | *-iðos | — |
via French more
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | more | mora; Alternative spelling of maure |
| 2 | Old French | More | — |
| 3 | Latin | Maurus | Of or pertaining to the Moors; Moorish,... |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | Μαυρούσιος | an inhabitant of Mauretania; a Mauretanian |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -ούσιος | forms relational adjectives: of or pertaining to |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | -ῐος | belonging to; of”, “belonging to”, “pertaining to |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |