Where does “aurolac” come from?
aurolac (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.
aurolac (Romanian): a type of lacquer
Definitions
- a type of lacquer
Ancestry of “aurolac”, step by step
aurolac traces back through two 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 | — |
via Romanian lác
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | lác | lake |
| 2 | Latin | lacus | a lake, pond, basin; reservoir; a tank, tub, vat,... |
| 3 | New Latin | lacrimalis | — |
| 4 | Latin | lācrima | a tear drop of liquid from crying |
| 5 | Old Latin | dacrima | tear |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | *d(r)(k)akrunā | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | dáḱru- | tears; tear |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | dr̥ḱ-h₂eḱru- | eye bitter |