Where does “orpyment” come from?
orpyment (Middle English) comes from Old French orpiment, from Latin auripigmentum, from Latin aurum, from Latin ausum, from Latin ausus, from Latin audeō, from Latin avidus, from Latin -idus.
orpyment (Middle English): orpiment
Definitions
- orpiment
Ancestry of “orpyment”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | orpiment | — |
| 2 | Latin | auripigmentum | orpiment |
| 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 | — |