English
gildable
From gild + -able.
Formed from gild + -able
Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelh₃- ‘green, yellow’
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Proto-Germanic *gulþijaną ‘to gild, cover with gold’
Proto-West Germanic *gulþijan ‘to gild, cover with gold’
Old English gyldan ‘to gild, to cover with a thin layer of gold’
Middle English gilden
English gild
Today it means
adj Capable of being gilded, or covered with gold.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / gildable