Where does “orfebrería” come from?
orfebrería (Spanish) comes from Spanish orfebre, from French orfèvre, from Old French or, from Latin aurum, from Latin ausum, from Latin ausus, from Latin audeō, from Latin avidus.
orfebrería (Spanish): gold work, goldsmithing
Definitions
- gold work, goldsmithing
Ancestry of “orfebrería”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | orfebre | goldsmith |
| 2 | French | orfèvre | goldsmith, silversmith |
| 3 | Old French | or | gold; blond color; Alternative form of ore |
| 4 | Latin | aurum | gold; any object made of gold, such as a gold... |
| 5 | Latin | ausum | nominative neuter singular of ausus; accusative... |
| 6 | Latin | ausus | dared, having dared, ventured, having ventured,... |
| 7 | Latin | audeō | to dare, venture, risk |
| 8 | Latin | avidus | Greedy, avaricious, covetous; Eager,... |
| 9 | Latin | -idus | tending to |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | *-iðos | — |