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
- covering with pinchbeck
Ancestry of “orpellatura”, 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 | — |