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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

  1. jeweller's; the craft of a jeweller or goldsmith;...

Ancestry of “oreficeria”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianoreficejeweller; goldsmith
2LatinaurifexA worker in gold, goldsmith
3Latinaurumgold; any object made of gold, such as a gold...
4Latinausumnominative neuter singular of ausus; accusative...
5Latinaususdared, having dared, ventured, having ventured,...
6Latinaudeō—
7LatinavidusGreedy, avaricious, covetous; Eager,...
8Latin-idustending to
9Proto-Italic*-iðos—
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