English
goldentop
From golden + top.
Proto-Germanic *gulþą ‘gold’
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Proto-West Germanic *gulþīn
Old English gylden ‘golden’
Middle English gilden ‘formed from gold’
Middle English golden ‘formed from gold’
English golden
Proto-Germanic *tuppaz ‘braid’
Proto-West Germanic *topp ‘top’
Old English topp ‘top’
Middle English top ‘the peak of a mountain or other landform’
English top
Today it means
noun Any of the flowering plants of the genus Euthamia.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / goldentop