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