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Where does “ourives” come from?

ourives (Portuguese) comes from Old Portuguese ourivez, from Latin aurifex, from Latin aurum, from Latin ausum, from Latin ausus, from Latin audeō, from Latin avidus, from Latin -idus.

ourives (Portuguese): goldsmith

Definitions

  1. goldsmith

Ancestry of “ourives”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Portugueseourivezgoldsmith
2LatinaurifexA worker in gold, goldsmith
3Latinaurumgold; any object made of gold, such as a gold...
4Latinausumnominative neuter singular of ausus; accusative...
5Latinaususdared, having dared, ventured, having ventured,...
6Latinaudeō—
7LatinavidusGreedy, avaricious, covetous; Eager,...
8Latin-idustending to
9Proto-Italic*-iðos—

Words derived from “ourives”

  • ourivesaria
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