Where does “blanchor” come from?
blanchor (Old French) comes from Old French or, from Latin aurum, from Latin ausum, from Latin ausus, from Latin audeō, from Latin avidus, from Latin -idus, from Proto-Italic *-iðos.
blanchor (Old French): whiteness
Definitions
- whiteness
Ancestry of “blanchor”, step by step
blanchor traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Old French or
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | or | gold; blond color; Alternative form of ore |
| 2 | Latin | aurum | gold; any object made of gold, such as a gold... |
| 3 | Latin | ausum | nominative neuter singular of ausus; accusative... |
| 4 | Latin | ausus | dared, having dared, ventured, having ventured,... |
| 5 | Latin | audeō | to dare, venture, risk |
| 6 | Latin | avidus | Greedy, avaricious, covetous; Eager,... |
| 7 | Latin | -idus | tending to |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | *-iðos | — |
via Old French blanche
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | blanche | nominative/oblique feminine singular of blanc |
| 2 | Old French | blanc | white |
| 3 | Late Latin | blancus | white |
| 4 | Frankish | blank | bright; gleaming, white, blinding; bright,... |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | *blank | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | blankaz | bright, shining, white, gleaming, blinding |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | bhleg- | to shine, white; to shine, burn, scorch |