Etymology

digold

D2I1G2O1L1D2

Today it means: Two gold atoms in a compound Full definition →

English gold ← Middle English gold ← Old English gold
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
  2. Proto-Indo-European*dwi-
  3. Proto-Hellenic*dwi-
  4. Ancient Greekδῐ- (dĭ-)
  5. Latindi-
  6. Englishdi-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰelh₃-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰĺ̥h₃-to-m
  9. Proto-Germanic*gulþą
  10. Proto-West Germanic*golþ
  11. Old Englishgold
  12. Middle Englishgold
  13. Englishgold
  14. English todaydigold

From di- + gold.

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