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Where does “auros” come from?

auros (Romanian) comes from Occitan aur, from Old Occitan aur, from Latin aurum, from Latin ausum, from Latin ausus, from Latin audeō, from Latin avidus, from Latin -idus.

auros (Romanian): golden; gold in color

Definitions

  1. golden; gold in color

Ancestry of “auros”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Occitanaurgold
2Old Occitanaurgold
3Latinaurumgold; any object made of gold, such as a gold...
4Latinausumnominative neuter singular of ausus; accusative...
5Latinaususdared, having dared, ventured, having ventured,...
6Latinaudeō—
7LatinavidusGreedy, avaricious, covetous; Eager,...
8Latin-idustending to
9Proto-Italic*-iðos—
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