Dore
/dɔːr/noun
An archaic verb meaning to gild or cover with gold.
Did you know?Dore descends through French from Latin deaurare, “to gild,” built from aurum, the Latin word for gold—the source of aureate and auriferous.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*h₂ews-o-
“A reconstructed root associated with shining or dawn, later connected with the word for gold.”
Classical Latin
Latin
aurum
“Gold.”
Late Latin
Latin
deaurare
“To gild or cover with gold; literally, to make golden.”
Old French
Old French
dorer
“To gild or overlay with gold.”
Middle English
English
doren / dor(e)
“To gild, gold, or make golden.”
Modern English
English
dore
“An archaic form meaning “to gild.””