Etymograph

English

similor

Similor comes from French or ‘gold’, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂é-h₂us-o- ‘glow’, and ultimately from *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*h₂é-h₂us-o-1‘glow’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*auzom1‘gold’reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEaurum1‘gold’
  5. Old Frenchc. 842–1400or1‘gold (metal)’
  6. Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600or1‘gold (metal)’
  7. Frenchc. 1600–presentor2‘gold’
  8. Englishtodaysimilor2

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, French or
  2. 2 Wiktionary, English similor

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂ews-Wiktionary, French or‘to dawn, become light, become red’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂é-h₂us-o-Wiktionary, French or‘glow’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*auzomWiktionary, French or‘gold’reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEaurumWiktionary, French or‘gold’
  5. Old Frenchc. 842–1400orWiktionary, French or‘gold (metal)’
  6. Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600orWiktionary, French or‘gold (metal)’
  7. Frenchc. 1600–presentorWiktionary, English similor‘gold’
  8. EnglishtodaysimilorWiktionary, English similor

Linked words

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

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

through Latin aurum ‘gold’

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

through Middle French or ‘gold (metal)’

or

Today it means

noun An alloy of copper and zinc, resembling brass, but of a golden color.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “similor”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entry for French or. 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- / similor

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