aureolus
Latin
adj
Definitions
- Made of gold, golden.
- Adorned, covered or decorated with gold, gilded.
- Of the color of gold, golden.
- (figuratively) Golden, beautiful, splendid, magnificent, excellent.
Etymology
Suffix from Latin aureus (golden, gold coin, a Roman coin, gilded).
Origin
Latin
aureus
Gloss
golden, gold coin, a Roman coin, gilded
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- aureus Latin
- auripennis Latin
- aurum Latin
- aurelia Italian
- aureo Italian
- loriot French
- áureo Spanish, Castilian
- *h₂ews- Proto-Indo-European
- áureo Portuguese
- *aurijaz Proto-Germanic
- öre Swedish
- eyrir Old Norse
- oriol Old French
- auri Catalan, Valencian
- oriol Catalan, Valencian
- ouriolo Galician
- alior Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- aur Welsh
- aureo- Translingual
- oriol Middle French
- *auzom Proto-Italic
- øre Norwegian