Where does “orfebre” come from?
orfebre (Spanish) comes from French orfèvre, from Old French or, from Latin aurum, from Latin ausum, from Latin ausus, from Latin audeō, from Latin avidus, from Latin -idus.
orfebre (Spanish): goldsmith
Ancestry of “orfebre”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | orfèvre | goldsmith, silversmith |
| 2 | Old French | or | gold; blond color; Alternative form of ore |
| 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 | — |
| 7 | Latin | avidus | Greedy, avaricious, covetous; Eager,... |
| 8 | Latin | -idus | tending to |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | *-iðos | — |
Words derived from “orfebre”