Etymology

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Today it means: An alloy of copper and zinc or tin that has a gold color, used in making inexpensive jewelry. Full definition →

Ancient Greek εἶδος
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromεἶδος“appearance”, “shape”, “form”
  2. English todayoroide

From French, from or (“gold”) + Ancient Greek εἶδος (eîdos, “appearance”, “shape”, “form”).

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekεἶδος all →

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