English
aureolin
Aureolin comes from Latin aureolus ‘made of gold, golden’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *h₂ews- ‘to dawn, become light, become red’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂ews-‘to dawn, become light, become red’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂éws-o-mreconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*auzom‘gold’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEaurum‘gold’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEaureus‘golden’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEaureolus‘made of gold, golden’
- Englishearliest quotation 1892aureolin
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂ews-‘to dawn, become light, become red’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂éws-o-mreconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*auzom‘gold’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEaurum‘gold’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEaureus‘golden’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEaureolus‘made of gold, golden’
- Englishearliest quotation 1892aureolin
Earliest quotation: 1892, The Art of Drawing and Painting:: “In preparing a palette for it the colors used…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *h₂ews- ‘to dawn, become light, become red’
air, east, plane, aerial, malaria, exhaust, aria, aero, aurora, aura, austral, 62 more
through Latin aurum ‘gold’
through Latin aureus ‘golden’
through Latin aureolus ‘made of gold, golden’
Today it means
noun A yellow pigment used in painting, composed of potassium cobaltinitrite.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *h₂ews- / aureolin