LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · feminine

aurīna

*aurīna f

Meaning

  1. Proto Italo Western Romancereconstructionurine

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominative/au̯ˈrina//au̯ˈrinas/

Origins

Alteration of Classical ūrīna, likely by analogy with aurum (“gold”) due to the similarity in colour, perhaps also by contamination from preceding determiners (as in illa urina → *ill' aurina).

Gallo-Romance
  • Catalanorina
  • Catalanaurina
  • Occitanorina
  • Occitanaurina
  • Old Frenchorine
Ibero-Romance
  • Portugueseourinafrom Old Galician-Portuguese *ourỹa
  • Portugueseorinafrom Old Galician-Portuguese *ourỹa
  • Spanishorina
  • Asturianorina
  • Galicianouriñafrom Old Galician-Portuguese *ourỹa
  • Galicianouriñosfrom Old Galician-Portuguese *ourỹa
Italo-Romance
  • Italianorina
  • Sardinianorinafrom Italian orina
  • Corsicanarina
  • Sicilianurina
North Italian
  • Ligurianoena
  • Piedmonteseaurina
  • Venetanorina

Quick answers

What does aurīna mean in Latin?
aurīna, a noun, means “urine”.