Where does “euro” come from?
euro (Welsh) comes from Welsh aur, from Latin aureus, from Latin aurum, from Latin ausum, from Latin ausus, from Latin audeō, from Latin avidus, from Latin -idus.
euro (Welsh): to gild
Definitions
- to gild
Ancestry of “euro”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Welsh | aur | gold; golden |
| 2 | Latin | aureus | Made of gold, golden; gilded; Of the color of... |
| 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 | — |