Where does “oreficeria” come from?
oreficeria (Italian) comes from Italian orefice, from Latin aurifex, from Latin aurum, from Latin ausum, from Latin ausus, from Latin audeō, from Latin avidus, from Latin -idus.
oreficeria (Italian): jeweller's; the craft of a jeweller or goldsmith;...
Definitions
- jeweller's; the craft of a jeweller or goldsmith;...
Ancestry of “oreficeria”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | orefice | jeweller; goldsmith |
| 2 | Latin | aurifex | A worker in gold, goldsmith |
| 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 | — |