Etymograph

English

doradito

Doradito comes from Spanish doradito ‘diminutive of dorado (“golden”)’, from Latin deaurō ‘to gild’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ews- ‘to become light’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂ews-‘to become light’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*auzom‘gold’reconstructed
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEaurum‘gold’
  4. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEaurō‘to gild’
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEdeaurō‘to gild’
  6. Late Latinmoderndeaurātus
  7. Spanishc. 1500–presentdorado
  8. Spanish, derivedc. 1500–presentdoradito‘diminutive of dorado (“golden”)’
  9. Englishtodaysame form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂ews-‘to become light’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*auzom‘gold’reconstructed
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEaurum‘gold’
  4. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEaurō‘to gild’
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEdeaurō‘to gild’
  6. Late Latinmoderndeaurātus
  7. Spanishc. 1500–presentdorado
  8. Spanish, derivedc. 1500–presentdoradito‘diminutive of dorado (“golden”)’
  9. Englishtodaysame form

Linked words

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

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

through Latin aurum ‘gold’

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

Today it means

noun any of several passerine birds with yellow underparts in the genus Pseudocolopteryx, found in South America

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

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

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