The story
- Ancient Greek · calque ofχρῡσᾱ́ετος m“golden eagle”
- English todaygolden eagle
From golden + eagle. Likely a calque of Ancient Greek χρῡσᾱ́ετος m (khrūsā́etos, “golden eagle”, a compound of Ancient Greek χρῡσός (khrūsós, “gold”) + Ancient Greek ᾱ̓ετός (āetós, “eagle”)).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.