Etymology

oldie

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Today it means: Something or someone old. Full definition →

English old ← Middle English old ← Anglian Old English ald
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₂eltós
  3. Proto-Germanic*aldaz
  4. Proto-West Germanic*ald
  5. Anglian Old Englishald
  6. Middle Englishold
  7. Englishold
  8. English todayoldie

From old + -ie.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.