Where does “orpellamento” come from?
orpellamento (Italian) comes from Italian orpellare, from Italian orpello, from Old Occitan auripel, from Old French oripel, from Latin aurea, from Latin aureus, from Latin aurum, from Latin ausum.
orpellamento (Italian): Synonym of orpellatura
Definitions
- Synonym of orpellatura
Ancestry of “orpellamento”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | orpellare | to cover with pinchbeck; to disguise, cover up |
| 2 | Italian | orpello | pinchbeck; tinsel; first-person singular present... |
| 3 | Old Occitan | auripel | — |
| 4 | Old French | oripel | a shining copper blade |
| 5 | Latin | aurea | the noun and reins of a horse, bridle; nominative... |
| 6 | Latin | aureus | Made of gold, golden; gilded; Of the color of... |
| 7 | Latin | aurum | gold; any object made of gold, such as a gold... |
| 8 | Latin | ausum | nominative neuter singular of ausus; accusative... |
| 9 | Latin | ausus | dared, having dared, ventured, having ventured,... |
| 10 | Latin | audeō | to dare, venture, risk |
| 11 | Latin | avidus | Greedy, avaricious, covetous; Eager,... |
| 12 | Latin | -idus | tending to |
| 13 | Proto-Italic | *-iðos | — |