Where does “padrão-ouro” come from?
padrão-ouro (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.
padrão-ouro (Portuguese): gold standard
Definitions
- gold standard
Ancestry of “padrão-ouro”, step by step
padrão-ouro 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 | — |