Where does “Ariège” come from?
Ariège (Portuguese) comes from French Ariège, from Latin auriger, from Latin aurum, from Latin ausum, from Latin ausus, from Latin audeō, from Latin avidus, from Latin -idus.
Ancestry of “Ariège”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | Ariège | smilax |
| 2 | Latin | auriger | bearing gold |
| 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 | — |