Etymograph

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auriphrygiate

Auriphrygiate comes from Late Latin auriphrigiatus, from Latin 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. Late Latinc. 200–600 CEauriphrigiatus
  6. Englishtodayauriphrygiate

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

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. Late Latinc. 200–600 CEauriphrigiatus
  6. Englishtodayauriphrygiate

The story

From Late Latin auriphrigiatus; Latin aurum (‘gold’) + Late Latin phrygiare (‘to adorn with Phrygian needlework, or with embroidery’); perhaps corrupted from some other word.

Linked words

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

air, east, plane, exhaust, aerial, aurora, malaria, aero, aura, aria, austral, 62 more

through Latin aurum ‘gold’

or, aureus, oriel, oriole, aurelia, aurum, 19 more

Today it means

adj Embroidered or decorated with gold.

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

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

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