Where does “dorado” come from?
dorado (Hiligaynon) comes from Spanish dorado, from Latin deaurātus, from Latin deaurō, from Latin aurō, from Latin aurum, from Latin ausum, from Latin ausus, from Latin audeō.
dorado (Hiligaynon): gold, golden; gilt; gold
Ancestry of “dorado”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Spanish | dorado | golden; various species of golden-colored fish;... |
| 2 | Latin | deaurātus | — |
| 3 | Latin | deaurō | — |
| 4 | Latin | aurō | — |
| 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 | — |
| 9 | Latin | avidus | Greedy, avaricious, covetous; Eager,... |
| 10 | Latin | -idus | tending to |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | *-iðos | — |