golden

golden · adjective, noun¹

1. Proto-Germanic · derived from*gulþīnaz“golden, made of gold”
2. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*gulþīn
3. Old English · derived fromgylden“golden”
4. Middle English · derived fromgulden
5. Middle English · inherited fromgolden
6. English todaygolden

From Middle English golden, a restored form (due to the noun gold) of earlier Middle English gulden, gylden, gilden ("golden"; > English gilden), from Old English gylden (“golden”), from Proto-West Germanic *gulþīn, from Proto-Germanic *gulþīnaz (“golden, made of gold”), equivalent to gold + -en. Cognate with Dutch gouden, gulden (“golden”), German gülden, golden (“golden”), Danish gylden (“golden”). Doublet of gilden. More at gold.

golden · verb²

From gold + -en, or perhaps a derivation from the adjective above.

Golden · proper noun, noun³

* As an English surname, from the adjective golden. * As an Irish surname, from mag Ualghairg; see McGoldrick.

Words from the same roots

First known use, by meaning

• from c. 2010 Of a beverage, flavoured or colored with turmeric.