English
aeneous
Aeneous comes from Latin aēneus ‘made of copper or bronze’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *h₂éyos.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂éyos‘a metal, copper, bronze’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*ajos ~ *ajesosreconstructed
- Proto-Italic, derivedc. 1500–700 BCE*ajesnosreconstructed
- Proto-Italic, derivedc. 1500–700 BCE*aeznos‘brazen, made of bronze’reconstructed
- Proto-Italic, derivedc. 1500–700 BCE*aezneos‘brazen, made of bronze’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEaēneus‘made of copper or bronze’
- Englishearliest quotation 1865aeneous
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂éyos‘a metal, copper, bronze’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*ajos ~ *ajesosreconstructed
- Proto-Italic, derivedc. 1500–700 BCE*ajesnosreconstructed
- Proto-Italic, derivedc. 1500–700 BCE*aeznos‘brazen, made of bronze’reconstructed
- Proto-Italic, derivedc. 1500–700 BCE*aezneos‘brazen, made of bronze’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEaēneus‘made of copper or bronze’
- Englishearliest quotation 1865aeneous
Earliest quotation: 1865, Thomas Vernon Wollaston, Salvages: “They are unquestionably distinct from the B. velatus, —…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *h₂ey- ‘vital force, life, age, eternity’
early, age, young, diet, junior, juvenile, longevity, ere, enigma, juvenal, 23 more
through Proto-Indo-European *h₂éyos ‘a metal, copper, bronze’
Today it means
adj Bronze-colored.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *h₂éyos / aeneous