Where does “peixe-dourado” come from?
peixe-dourado (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese dourado, from Latin deaurātus, from Latin deaurō, from Latin aurō, from Latin aurum, from Latin ausum, from Latin ausus, from Latin audeō.
peixe-dourado (Portuguese): Carassius auratus
Definitions
- Carassius auratus
Ancestry of “peixe-dourado”, step by step
peixe-dourado traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Portuguese dourado
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | dourado | gold; dorado; golden |
| 2 | Latin | deaurātus | gilded |
| 3 | Latin | deaurō | to gild; cover with gold |
| 4 | Latin | aurō | to gild |
| 5 | Latin | aurum | gold; any object made of gold, such as a gold... |
| 6 | Latin | ausum | nominative neuter singular of ausus; accusative... |
| 7 | Latin | ausus | dared, having dared, ventured, having ventured,... |
| 8 | Latin | audeō | to dare, venture, risk |
| 9 | Latin | avidus | Greedy, avaricious, covetous; Eager,... |
| 10 | Latin | -idus | tending to |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | *-iðos | — |