Where does “ouros” come from?
ouros (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.
ouros (Portuguese): diamonds; plural of ouro
Definitions
- diamonds; plural of ouro
Ancestry of “ouros”, step by step
| 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 | — |