Etymograph

English

goldgreed

From gold + greed.

A compound of gold + greed

Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelh₃- ‘green, yellow’

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Proto-Germanic *gulþą ‘gold’

Proto-West Germanic *golþ

Old English gold ‘gold’

Middle English gold ‘gold’

English gold

Today it means

noun Greed for gold or money.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / goldgreed