Etymograph

English

aurulent

Aurulent comes from Latin aurulentus ‘golden’, from aurum ‘gold’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ews- ‘to become light’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂ews-1‘to become light’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*auzom1‘gold’reconstructed
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEaurum1‘gold’
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEaurulentus2‘golden’
  5. Englishtodayaurulent2

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Latin aurulentus
  2. 2 Wiktionary, English aurulent

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂ews-Wiktionary, Latin aurulentus‘to become light’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*auzomWiktionary, Latin aurulentus‘gold’reconstructed
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEaurumWiktionary, Latin aurulentus‘gold’
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEaurulentusWiktionary, English aurulent‘golden’
  5. EnglishtodayaurulentWiktionary, English aurulent

Linked words

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

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

through Latin aurum ‘gold’

or, oriel, aureus, aurelia, oriole, aurum, 18 more

Today it means

adj Gold in color.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “aurulent”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entry for Latin aurulentus. 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- / aurulent

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