dorado

dorado · noun¹

1. Spanish · borrowed fromdorado
2. English todaydorado

From Spanish dorado, from the verb dorar (“gild, give a golden color”).

Dorado · proper noun²

1. Latin · derived fromdeaurātus
2. Italian · derived fromdorato“gilded, golden”
3. English todayDorado

Named by Dutch explorers Pieter Dirkszoon Keyser and Frederick de Houtman between 1595 and 1597. From Italian dorato (“gilded, golden”), ultimately from Latin deaurātus, the past participle of deaurō (“to gild”).

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