Where does “ausum” come from?
ausum (Old Latin) comes from Latin ausus, from Latin audeō, from Latin avidus, from Latin -idus, from Proto-Italic *-iðos.
ausum (Old Latin): gold; nominative neuter singular of ausus;...
Definitions
- gold; nominative neuter singular of ausus;...
Ancestry of “ausum”, step by step
ausum traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Latin ausus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | ausus | dared, having dared, ventured, having ventured,... |
| 2 | Latin | audeō | to dare, venture, risk |
| 3 | Latin | avidus | Greedy, avaricious, covetous; Eager,... |
| 4 | Latin | -idus | tending to |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | *-iðos | — |
via Proto-Italic auzom
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Proto-Italic | auzom | gold |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂é-h₂us-o- | glow |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂ews- | dawn; east; to draw water, scoop up |