Etymograph

English

aurum

Aurum comes from Latin aurum ‘gold’, and goes back to 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. Englishtodayaurum

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. Englishtodayaurum

Linked words

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

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

through Latin aurum ‘gold’

or, oriel, oriole, aureus, aurelia, 20 more

Today it means

noun Gold (used in the names of various substances, see "Derived terms").

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

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