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Where does “orpellatura” come from?

orpellatura (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.

orpellatura (Italian): covering with pinchbeck

Definitions

  1. covering with pinchbeck

Ancestry of “orpellatura”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianorpellareto cover with pinchbeck; to disguise, cover up
2Italianorpellopinchbeck; tinsel; first-person singular present...
3Old Occitanauripel—
4Old Frenchoripela shining copper blade
5Latinaureathe noun and reins of a horse, bridle; nominative...
6LatinaureusMade of gold, golden; gilded; Of the color of...
7Latinaurumgold; any object made of gold, such as a gold...
8Latinausumnominative neuter singular of ausus; accusative...
9Latinaususdared, having dared, ventured, having ventured,...
10Latinaudeō—
11LatinavidusGreedy, avaricious, covetous; Eager,...
12Latin-idustending to
13Proto-Italic*-iðos—
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