Where does “od” come from?
od (Ido) comes from English OR, from Middle English ōr, from Middle French or, from Old French or, from Latin aurum, from Latin ausum, from Latin ausus, from Latin audeō.
od (Ido): or
Definitions
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Ancestry of “od”, step by step
od traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via English OR
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | OR | Inclusive or; either one proposition or the other... |
| 2 | Middle English | ōr | or |
| 3 | Middle French | or | gold |
| 4 | Old French | or | gold; blond color; Alternative form of ore |
| 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 | to dare, venture, risk |
| 9 | Latin | avidus | Greedy, avaricious, covetous; Eager,... |
| 10 | Latin | -idus | tending to |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | *-iðos | — |
via French où
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | où | where; At that time; when; whither |
| 2 | Middle French | où | where |
| 3 | Latin | aut | or |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | *auti | either, or |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂ewti | on the other hand |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂ew | away from, off; again |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰe | Postpositional intensifying particle: indeed, at any rate, in fact |
via Spanish o
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | o | Name of the letter O; or; either … or |
| 2 | Old Spanish | o | or |
| 3 | Latin | o | The name of the letter "O"; o!; oh! |
| 4 | Etruscan | 𐌏 | — |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | ο | Lower-case omicron (ὂ μικρόν), the 15th letter of the ancient Greek alphabet. It represented the close-mid back rounded vowel. It is preceded by ξ and followed by π |
| 6 | Phoenician | 𐤏 | ayin; ʿayin |
| 7 | Egyptian | 𓁹 | — |