Where does “auripel” come from?
auripel (Old Occitan) comes from Old French oripel, from Latin aurea, from Latin aureus, from Latin aurum, from Latin ausum, from Latin ausus, from Latin audeō, from Latin avidus.
Ancestry of “auripel”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | oripel | a shining copper blade |
| 2 | Latin | aurea | the noun and reins of a horse, bridle; nominative... |
| 3 | Latin | aureus | Made of gold, golden; gilded; Of the color of... |
| 4 | Latin | aurum | gold; any object made of gold, such as a gold... |
| 5 | Latin | ausum | nominative neuter singular of ausus; accusative... |
| 6 | Latin | ausus | dared, having dared, ventured, having ventured,... |
| 7 | Latin | audeō | to dare, venture, risk |
| 8 | Latin | avidus | Greedy, avaricious, covetous; Eager,... |
| 9 | Latin | -idus | tending to |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | *-iðos | — |