Where does “dourar” come from?
dourar (Old Portuguese) comes from Latin deaurō, from Latin aurō, from Latin aurum, from Latin ausum, from Latin ausus, from Latin audeō, from Latin avidus, from Latin -idus.
Ancestry of “dourar”, step by step
dourar traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Latin deaurō
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | deaurō | to gild; cover with gold |
| 2 | Latin | aurō | to gild |
| 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 | — |
via Latin deaurāre
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | deaurāre | — |