Where does “auricolor” come from?
auricolor (Latin) comes from Latin aurum, from Latin ausum, from Latin ausus, from Latin audeō, from Latin avidus, from Latin -idus, from Proto-Italic *-iðos.
auricolor (Latin): Of the color of gold, golden
Definitions
- Of the color of gold, golden
Ancestry of “auricolor”, step by step
auricolor traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Latin aurum
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | aurum | gold; any object made of gold, such as a gold... |
| 2 | Latin | ausum | nominative neuter singular of ausus; accusative... |
| 3 | Latin | ausus | dared, having dared, ventured, having ventured,... |
| 4 | Latin | audeō | to dare, venture, risk |
| 5 | Latin | avidus | Greedy, avaricious, covetous; Eager,... |
| 6 | Latin | -idus | tending to |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | *-iðos | — |
via Latin color
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | color | colour, shade; color; pigment; complexion |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | μέτρον | something used to measure: measure, rule, weight;... |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | -τρον | Forms instrument nouns |
| 4 | Proto-Hellenic | -tron | Forms instrument nouns from verb stems |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -trom | Forms nouns denoting a tool or instrument |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -tḗr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |