English
gilder
Gilder comes from Middle English gilden ‘to cover with gilding, gild’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelh₃- ‘green, yellow’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵʰelh₃-‘green, yellow’root as named · steps between not traced
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500gilden‘to cover with gilding, gild’
- Middle English, derivedc. 1150–1500gilder
- Englishearliest quotation 1609same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵʰelh₃-‘green, yellow’root as named · steps between not traced
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500gilden‘to cover with gilding, gild’
- Middle English, derivedc. 1150–1500gilder
- Englishearliest quotation 1609same form
Earliest quotation: 1609, Epicoene, or The Silent Woman. A Comœdie. […]: “A lady ſhould, indeed, ſtudie her face, when wee…”
Formed from gild + -er
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
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelh₃- ‘green, yellow’
gold, fell, yellow, chlorine, gall, felon, gullible, cholera, yolk, glib, choline, zloty, chlorella, 27 more
through Middle English gilden ‘to cover with gilding, gild’
Today it means
noun One who gilds; especially one whose occupation is to overlay things with gold.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelh₃- / gilder