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Where does “aurora” come from?

aurora (Portuguese) comes from Latin aurōra, from Proto-Italic auzōs, from Proto-Indo-European h₂éwsōs, from Proto-Indo-European h₂éws-os-s, from Proto-Indo-European h₂ews- — dawn; east; to draw water, scoop up.

aurora (Portuguese): dawn; daybreak; Clipping of aurora boreal

Definitions

  1. dawn; daybreak; Clipping of aurora boreal

Ancestry of “aurora”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinaurōra—
2Proto-Italicauzōsdawn
3Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂éwsōsdawn; goddess of dawn, bringer of light for which...
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂éws-os-s—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂ews-dawn; east; to draw water, scoop up
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