English
aurorian
Aurorian comes from Latin aurora ‘dawn, sunrise’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *h₂ews-.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂ews-‘to dawn’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂éwsōs‘dawn’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEauroraas aurōr(a)‘dawn, sunrise’
- Englishearliest quotation 1818–1819aurorian
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂ews-‘to dawn’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂éwsōs‘dawn’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEauroraas aurōr(a)‘dawn, sunrise’
- Englishearliest quotation 1818–1819aurorian
Earliest quotation: 1818–1819, John Keats, Hyperion, a Fragment: “And all its curtains of Aurorian clouds Flush'd angerly:…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *h₂ews- ‘to dawn’
or, air, east, plane, exhaust, aerial, malaria, aero, aura, aria, aureus, austral, oriel, aurelia, oriole, aurum, 63 more
Today it means
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Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *h₂ews- / aurorian