gelding

gelding · noun¹

1. Old Norse · derived fromgeldingr“wether, eunuch”
2. Middle English · derived fromgeldyng“eunuch”
3. English todaygelding

From Middle English geldyng (“eunuch”), from Old Norse geldingr (“wether, eunuch”), from gelda (“to castrate”). By surface analysis, geld (“to castrate”) + -ing (diminutive suffix).

gelding · verb²

From geld + -ing.