Etymology

goldhoard

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Today it means: Treasure; a treasury. Full definition →

Middle English goldhord ← Old English goldhord
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  1. Old English · inherited fromgoldhord“treasure; treasury”
  2. Middle English · inherited fromgoldhord
  3. English todaygoldhoard

From Middle English goldhord, golde hord, gold hord, golthord (“treasure”), from Old English goldhord (“treasure; treasury”). By surface analysis, gold + hoard.

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