Where does “dourar” come from?
dourar (Portuguese) comes from Old Portuguese dourar, from Latin deaurō, from Latin aurō, from Latin aurum, from Latin ausum, from Latin ausus, from Latin audeō, from Latin avidus.
dourar (Portuguese): to gild, gold-plate
Definitions
- to gild, gold-plate
Ancestry of “dourar”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old Portuguese | dourar | — |
| 2 | Latin | deaurō | to gild; cover with gold |
| 3 | Latin | aurō | to gild |
| 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 | — |