Where does “úraigh” come from?
úraigh (Irish) comes from Irish úr, from Old Irish ór, from Latin aurum, from Latin ausum, from Latin ausus, from Latin audeō, from Latin avidus, from Latin -idus.
úraigh (Irish): freshen; scour, cleanse; become moist, damp
Definitions
- freshen; scour, cleanse; become moist, damp
Ancestry of “úraigh”, step by step
úraigh traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Irish úr
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Irish | úr | fresh; new; free, liberal; moist |
| 2 | Old Irish | ór | gold |
| 3 | Latin | aurum | gold; any object made of gold, such as a gold... |
| 4 | Latin | ausum | nominative neuter singular of ausus; accusative... |
| 5 | Latin | ausus | dared, having dared, ventured, having ventured,... |
| 6 | Latin | audeō | to dare, venture, risk |
| 7 | Latin | avidus | Greedy, avaricious, covetous; Eager,... |
| 8 | Latin | -idus | tending to |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | *-iðos | — |