Etymograph

English

aureus

Aureus comes from Latin aureus ‘golden’, from aurum ‘gold’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ews- ‘to dawn, become light, become red’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂ews-‘to dawn, become light, become red’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂éws-o-mreconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*auzom‘gold’reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEaurum‘gold’
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEaureus‘golden’
  6. Englishtodayaureus

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂ews-‘to dawn, become light, become red’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂éws-o-mreconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*auzom‘gold’reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEaurum‘gold’
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEaureus‘golden’
  6. Englishtodayaureus

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *h₂ews- ‘to dawn, become light, become red’

air, east, plane, aerial, malaria, aria, exhaust, aero, aurora, aura, austral, 63 more

through Latin aurum ‘gold’

or, aurum, 20 more

through Latin aureus ‘golden’

oriel, oriole, aurelia, 7 more

Today it means

noun A gold coin, minted in the Roman Empire from approximately 100 B.C.E. to 309 C.E., equal to 25 denarii.

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

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *h₂ews- / aureus

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