Where does “uru” come from?
uru (Swahili) comes from Portuguese ouros, from Portuguese ouro, from Old Portuguese ouro, from Latin aurum, from Latin ausum, from Latin ausus, from Latin audeō, from Latin avidus.
uru (Swahili): diamonds; diamond
Definitions
- diamonds; diamond
Ancestry of “uru”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | ouros | diamonds; plural of ouro |
| 2 | Portuguese | ouro | gold |
| 3 | Old Portuguese | ouro | gold |
| 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 | — |