aurora.
dawn, daybreak, sunrise; goddess of the dawn; Orient/East, peoples of the East;
Meaning & usage
dawn, sunrise
Where this word comes from
From an a-extension of Proto-Indo-European *h₂éwsōs (“dawn”) (as Flōra from flōs, from *h₂ews- (“east”). In the Proto-Indo-European religion it was personified as the goddess of the dawn, corresponding to the Roman goddess Aurōra. De Vaan suggests that the term passed through a Proto-Italic intermediary *auzōs. However, the EIEC suggests a Proto-Indo-European form *h₂éwsōseh₂, implying that—according the EIEC—the a-extension could have already occurred before the Proto-Italic period. Cognates include the Latin auster, Ancient Greek ἠώς (ēṓs), Sanskrit उषस् (uṣás, “dawn”, “Ushas”), and the English east.
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