Etymograph

English

aureolin

Aureolin comes from Latin aureolus ‘made of gold, golden’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *h₂ews- ‘to dawn, become light, become red’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂ews-1‘to dawn, become light, become red’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂éws-o-m1reconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*auzom1‘gold’reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEaurum2‘gold’
  5. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEaureus2‘golden’
  6. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEaureolus3‘made of gold, golden’
  7. Englishearliest quotation 1892aureolin3

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Latin aurum
  2. 2 Wiktionary, Latin aureolus
  3. 3 Wiktionary, English aureolin
  4. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1892, The Art of Drawing and Painting:: “In preparing a palette for it the colors used…”.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂ews-Wiktionary, Latin aurum‘to dawn, become light, become red’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂éws-o-mWiktionary, Latin aurumreconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*auzomWiktionary, Latin aurum‘gold’reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEaurumWiktionary, Latin aureolus‘gold’
  5. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEaureusWiktionary, Latin aureolus‘golden’
  6. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEaureolusWiktionary, English aureolin‘made of gold, golden’
  7. Englishearliest quotation 1892aureolinWiktionary, English aureolin. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1892, The Art of Drawing and Painting:: “In preparing a palette for it the colors used…”

Linked words

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

air, east, plane, aerial, malaria, exhaust, aria, aero, aurora, aura, austral, 61 more

through Latin aurum ‘gold’

or, aurum, 18 more

through Latin aureus ‘golden’

aureus, aurelia, 5 more

through Latin aureolus ‘made of gold, golden’

oriel, oriole, 1 more

Today it means

noun A yellow pigment used in painting, composed of potassium cobaltinitrite.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “aureolin”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entries for Latin aurum, Latin aureolus. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

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

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