English
auld
Auld may come from Scots auld ‘old’.
- Scotsc. 1450–presentauld‘old’uncertain
- Englishearliest quotation 2004auld
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Scotsc. 1450–presentauld‘old’uncertain
- Englishearliest quotation 2004auld
Earliest quotation: 2004, Victoria Moran, December 27: The Burning Bowl: “To prepare for the burning bowl, each person writes…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-
as, all, else, el, element, adult, alien, ultimate, alternate, alter, ellen, alumni, ultra, qualification, outrage, alpine, adolescent, abolish, alias, alum, alibi, retaliate, alimony, alp, proletariat, altruism, parallax, ulterior, coalesce, foetal, althea, withal, 64 more
through Proto-Indo-European *h₂eltós ‘grown, nourished, matured’
altitude, alt, altar, alto, exalt, altimeter, eld, 14 more
through Proto-Germanic *aldaz ‘grown up’
through Proto-West Germanic *ald ‘old’
through Northumbrian Old English ald
Today it means
adj Old.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Scots auld / auld