Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗To cover with a thin layer of gold; to cover with gold leaf. · To adorn. · To decorate with a golden surface appearance. · To give a bright or pleasing aspect to.
From Middle English gilden, gulden, from Old English gyldan (“to gild, to cover with a thin layer of gold”), from Proto-West Germanic *gulþijan, from Proto-Germanic *gulþijaną, from Proto-Germanic *gulþą (“gold”).
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