Where does “augura” come from?
augura (Romanian) comes from Italian augurare, from Latin auguro, from Latin augur, from Latvian augos, from Proto-Indo-European h₂ewg-, from Proto-Indo-European h₂weg-, from Proto-Indo-European h₂ug-.
augura (Romanian): to augur, predict, foretell
Definitions
- to augur, predict, foretell
Ancestry of “augura”, step by step
augura traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Italian augurare
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | augurare | To practice as an augur; to foretell; to wish |
| 2 | Latin | auguro | I predict, foretell, forebode; I conjecture,... |
| 3 | Latin | augur | augur (priest, diviner, or soothsayer, one who foretold the future in part by interpreting the song and flight of birds) |
| 4 | Latvian | augos | locative plural form of augs; locative plural... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂ewg- | to increase, to enlarge |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂weg- | to increase, to enlarge |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂ug- | — |
via Latin augurāre
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | augurāre | — |
| 2 | Latin | -āre | first conjugation |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | -āō | Forms primarily denominative verbs |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂yéti | Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 7 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
via French augurer
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | augurer | to augur, foresee |