Where does “oropéndola” come from?
oropéndola (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.
oropéndola (Spanish): oriole; oropendola
Definitions
- oriole; oropendola
Ancestry of “oropéndola”, step by step
oropéndola 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 péndola
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | péndola | pen, quill; pendulum |
| 2 | Latin | pinnula | small wing, or plume of feathers; small fin |
| 3 | Latin | Pinna | A city of the Vestini situated on the eastern slope of the Apennines, now the town of Penne |
| 4 | Latin | penna | wing; feather, especially a flight-feather;... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | petnā | feather; wing |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | péth₂r̥ | wing; feather |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | peth₂- | to spread out; to fly |