Where does “ourar” come from?
ourar (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese ouro, from Old Portuguese ouro, from Latin aurum, from Latin ausum, from Latin ausus, from Latin audeō, from Latin avidus, from Latin -idus.
ourar (Portuguese): to dizzy, to have vertigo
Definitions
- to dizzy, to have vertigo
Ancestry of “ourar”, step by step
ourar traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Portuguese ouro
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | ouro | gold |
| 2 | Old Portuguese | ouro | 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 | — |