Etymograph

English

Río de Oro

Río de Oro comes from Spanish Río de Oro.

  1. Spanishc. 1500–presentRío de Oroliterally ‘Gold River’
  2. Englishtodaysame form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Spanishc. 1500–presentRío de Oroliterally ‘Gold River’
  2. Englishtodaysame form

The story

Borrowed from Spanish Río de Oro (literally “Gold River”).

Every English word from Spanish Río de Oro

Today it means

name One of the two territories (the other being Saguia el-Hamra) that formed the Spanish province of Spanish Sahara after 1969; it had been taken as a Spanish colonial possession in the late 19th century.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Spanish Río de Oro / Río de Oro

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