Where does “oriflamă” come from?
oriflamă (Romanian) comes from French oriflamme, from Latin auriflamma, from Latin aurum, from Latin ausum, from Latin ausus, from Latin audeō, from Latin avidus, from Latin -idus.
oriflamă (Romanian): oriflamme
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- oriflamme
Ancestry of “oriflamă”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | oriflamme | oriflamme; banner, standard |
| 2 | Latin | auriflamma | golden flame |
| 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 | — |