ouro

/ˈowɾo/ · noun

Meaning

gold (as mineral or metal)
gold (colour)

Etymology / origin

Inherited from Latin aurum (“gold”), from Old Latin ausum (“gold”), from Proto-Italic *auzom (“gold”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂é-h₂us-o- (“glow”).

*auzom(itc-pro)→
ausum(itc-ola)→
aurum(Latin)→
aurum(Latin)→
ouro (Old Galician-Portuguese)
Relations: inh, inh, inh, inh

Related words

aurum(Latin)ausum(itc-ola)*auzom(itc-pro)oiru(Fala)ouro(Galician)ouro(Portuguese)

Descendant words

oiru(Fala) (inh)
oiru(Fala) (inh)
ouro(Galician) (inh)
ouro(Portuguese) (inh)
ouro(Portuguese) (inh)

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