Etymology

goldsmith

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Today it means: A person who makes, repairs or sells things of gold, especially jewelry. Full definition →

Middle English goldsmith ← Old English goldsmiþ ← Proto-Germanic *gulþasmiþaz
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goldsmith · noun1

  1. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*gulþasmiþaz“goldsmith”
  2. Old English · inherited fromgoldsmiþ“goldsmith”
  3. Middle English · inherited fromgoldsmith
  4. English todaygoldsmith

From Middle English goldsmith, from Old English goldsmiþ (“goldsmith”), from Proto-Germanic *gulþasmiþaz (“goldsmith”), equivalent to gold + smith. Cognate with Scots goldsmyth, gouldsmeth (“goldsmith”), Saterland Frisian Gouldsmid (“goldsmith”), West Frisian goudsmid (“goldsmith”), Dutch goudsmid (“goldsmith”), German Goldschmied (“goldsmith”), Danish guldsmed (“goldsmith”), Swedish guldsmed (“goldsmith”), Icelandic gullsmiður (“goldsmith”). Eclipsed non-native Middle English orbatour, orbatur (“goldsmith”) and orfever, orfevre (“goldsmith”), both borrowed from Old French.

Goldsmith · proper noun2

From goldsmith.

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