Etymograph

English

aurigal

Aurigal comes from Latin aurīga ‘charioteer’, from aurea ‘horse's bridle’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₃éh₁os.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₃éh₁osreconstructed
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*ōs‘mouth’reconstructed
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEōs‘mouth’
  4. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEōreae‘mouth-pieces’
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEaurea‘horse's bridle’
  6. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEaurīga‘charioteer’
  7. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEaurīgālis
  8. Englishearliest quotation 1829aurigal

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₃éh₁osreconstructed
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*ōs‘mouth’reconstructed
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEōs‘mouth’
  4. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEōreae‘mouth-pieces’
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEaurea‘horse's bridle’
  6. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEaurīga‘charioteer’
  7. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEaurīgālis
  8. Englishearliest quotation 1829aurigal

Earliest quotation: 1829, Edward Bulwer-Lytton: “[…]the established thoroughfare for equestrian and aurigal travellers.”

Linked words

through Latin ōs ‘mouth’

os, oral, 17 more

through Latin aurīga ‘charioteer’

regatta

Today it means

adj Of or pertaining to a chariot.

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

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *h₃éh₁os / aurigal

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