Etymograph

English

australone

Australone comes from Latin australis ‘southern’, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éwsteros ‘in the direction of dawn, east’, and ultimately from *h₂ews-.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂ews-‘dawn’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂éwsteros‘in the direction of dawn, east’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*austerosreconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEauster‘south’
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEaustralis‘southern’
  6. Englishtodayaustralone

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂ews-‘dawn’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂éwsteros‘in the direction of dawn, east’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*austerosreconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEauster‘south’
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEaustralis‘southern’
  6. Englishtodayaustralone

Formed from -one

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *h₂ews- ‘dawn’

or, air, eastern, plane, easter, aerial, malaria, aria, aurora, aero, exhaust, aura, eastward, oriel, aureus, aurelia, oriole, aurum, 60 more

through Proto-Indo-European *h₂éwsteros ‘in the direction of dawn, east’

east, 7 more

Today it means

noun A prenylflavonoid found in Morus australis.

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

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