Where does “ùruʼúna” come from?
ùruʼúna (Taos) 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.
ùruʼúna (Taos): gold object, gold (the substance)
Definitions
- gold object, gold (the substance)
Ancestry of “ùruʼúna”, step by step
| 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 | — |