Where does “Davao de Oro” come from?
Davao de Oro (Spanish) comes from Spanish oro, from Old Spanish oro, from Latin aurum, from Latin ausum, from Latin ausus, from Latin audeō, from Latin avidus, from Latin -idus.
Ancestry of “Davao de Oro”, step by step
Davao de Oro traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Spanish oro
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | oro | gold; a suit in the Spanish deck of cards; a card... |
| 2 | Old Spanish | oro | — |
| 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 | — |
via Spanish dé
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | dé | of; 's; used after the thing owned and before the owner |
| 2 | Old Spanish | de | of; -'s |
| 3 | Latin | dē | of; concerning; about |
| 4 | Latin | post | behind; after, since, besides, except; behind,... |
| 5 | Latin | poste | ablative singular of postis |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | posti | behind, after |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | pósti | after |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | pós | afterwards, post; by, at |