Where does “aurilegulus” come from?
aurilegulus (Latin) comes from Latin aurum, from Latin ausum, from Latin ausus, from Latin audeō, from Latin avidus, from Latin -idus, from Proto-Italic *-iðos.
aurilegulus (Latin): A gold-picker, gold-collector
Definitions
- A gold-picker, gold-collector
Ancestry of “aurilegulus”, step by step
aurilegulus 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 legulus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | legulus | A collector, gatherer, picker |
| 2 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |