Where does “doré” come from?
doré (Louisiana Creole) comes from French doré, from Old French doré, from Old French dorer, from Latin deaurātus, from Latin deaurō, from Latin aurō, from Latin aurum, from Latin ausum.
doré (Louisiana Creole): gilded, golden
Definitions
- gilded, golden
Ancestry of “doré”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | doré | golden; past participle of dorer |
| 2 | Old French | doré | golden; gold |
| 3 | Old French | dorer | to {{l|en|gild}} |
| 4 | Latin | deaurātus | gilded |
| 5 | Latin | deaurō | to gild; cover with gold |
| 6 | Latin | aurō | to gild |
| 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 | — |