English
deauration
Deauration comes from Latin aurum ‘gold’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *h₂ews- ‘to dawn, become light, become red’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂ews-‘to dawn, become light, become red’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂éws-o-mreconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*auzom‘gold’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEaurum‘gold’
- Englishtodaydeauration
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂ews-‘to dawn, become light, become red’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂éws-o-mreconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*auzom‘gold’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEaurum‘gold’
- Englishtodaydeauration
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *h₂ews- ‘to dawn, become light, become red’
air, east, plane, aerial, exhaust, malaria, aria, aero, aurora, aura, austral, 62 more
through Latin aurum ‘gold’
Today it means
noun The removal of gold from an organogold compound.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *h₂ews- / deauration