Where does “Groapa de Aur” come from?
Groapa de Aur (Romanian) comes from Romanian aur, from Latin aurum, from Latin ausum, from Latin ausus, from Latin audeō, from Latin avidus, from Latin -idus, from Proto-Italic *-iðos.
Ancestry of “Groapa de Aur”, step by step
Groapa de Aur traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Romanian aur
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | aur | gold |
| 2 | Latin | aurum | gold; any object made of gold, such as a gold... |
| 3 | Latin | ausum | nominative neuter singular of ausus; accusative... |
| 4 | Latin | ausus | dared, having dared, ventured, having ventured,... |
| 5 | Latin | audeō | to dare, venture, risk |
| 6 | Latin | avidus | Greedy, avaricious, covetous; Eager,... |
| 7 | Latin | -idus | tending to |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | *-iðos | — |