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