aurum
Latin
noun
Definitions
- gold as mineral or metal
- gold colour
- any object made of gold, such as a gold coin or a gold ring
- lustre
- a Golden Age
Etymology
Inherited from Old Latin ausum (gold) inherited from Proto-Italic *auzom (gold) derived from Proto-Indo-European *h₂é-h₂us-óm (gold).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*h₂é-h₂us-óm
Gloss
gold
Concept
Semantic Field
Basic actions and technology
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
金, 金, 金
Emoji
🥇 🥇 🪙
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- auriferous English
- aurigraphy English
- auriphrygiate English
- aurivorous English
- aurum English
- deauration English
- protodeauration English
- *aurigalbulus Latin
- aurarius Latin
- aureolus Latin
- auresco Latin
- aureus Latin
- aurifer Latin
- aurifex Latin
- aurigena Latin
- auriger Latin
- auripennis Latin
- auriphrigiatus Latin
- auro Latin
- aurosus Latin
- aurugo Latin
- aurulentus Latin
- ausum Latin
- galbulus Latin
- gignō Latin
- aurelia Italian
- aureo Italian
- aurifero Italian
- oreria Italian
- orichiomato Italian
- oricrinito Italian
- oro Italian
- rigogolo Italian
- similoro Italian
- aurifère French
- aurífero Spanish, Castilian
- orito Spanish, Castilian
- oro Spanish, Castilian
- oropéndola Spanish, Castilian
- áureo Spanish, Castilian
- *h₂e-h₂us-o- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂ews- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂é-h₂us-o- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂é-h₂us-óm Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂éh₂uso- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂éh₂usom Proto-Indo-European
- aurífero Portuguese
- ouro Portuguese
- áureo Portuguese
- *aurijaz Proto-Germanic
- öre Swedish
- óir Irish
- ór Irish
- eyrir Old Norse
- or Old French
- oro Esperanto
- auri Catalan, Valencian
- or Catalan, Valencian
- oro Catalan, Valencian
- Oural Galician
- ouro Galician
- aur Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- aurar Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- auriu Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- auros Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- oro Cebuano
- aur Welsh
- Au Translingual
- aureo- Translingual
- ór Old Irish
- òr Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- airh Manx
- aurum Malay
- Ardit Albanian
- Arlind Albanian
- Armir Albanian
- ar Albanian
- arpunues Albanian
- thesar Albanian
- or Middle French
- ouro Old Portuguese
- aur Occitan
- *auzom Proto-Italic
- aur Romansh
- or Romansh
- ôr Romansh
- oru Asturian
- aur Friulian
- auksas Lithuanian
- aur Old Occitan
- oro Old Spanish
- orèse Venetian
- aour Breton
- owr Cornish
- owra Cornish
- owraval Cornish
- owrek Cornish
- owryek Cornish
- öo Ligurian
- jaur Dalmatian
- øre Norwegian
- óola Navajo, Navaho
- yasā Tocharian B
- oro Sardinian
- oru Sardinian
- ausum Old Latin
- ouro Mirandese
- oro Chavacano
- wäs Tocharian A
- *wi̯äsā Proto-Tocharian
- òr Lombard
- òr Piedmontese
- ùruʼúna Taos
- oro Zoogocho Zapotec
- hooro Seri
- ooro Western Apache