Where does “or” come from?
or (Middle English) comes from Middle French or, from Old French or, from Latin aurum, from Latin ausum, from Latin ausus, from Latin audeō, from Latin avidus, from Latin -idus.
or (Middle English): or
Definitions
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Ancestry of “or”, step by step
or traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Middle French or
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle French | or | gold |
| 2 | Old French | or | gold; blond color; Alternative form of ore |
| 3 | Latin | aurum | gold; any object made of gold, such as a gold... |
| 4 | Latin | ausum | nominative neuter singular of ausus; accusative... |
| 5 | Latin | ausus | dared, having dared, ventured, having ventured,... |
| 6 | Latin | audeō | to dare, venture, risk |
| 7 | Latin | avidus | Greedy, avaricious, covetous; Eager,... |
| 8 | Latin | -idus | tending to |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | *-iðos | — |