goldsmith

Betekenis (Engels)

1. A person who makes, repairs or sells things of gold, especially jewelry.
2. (obsolete) A banker (because the goldsmiths of London used to receive money on deposit, being equipped to keep it safely).

Sinonieme

silversmith

jeweller

gold-worker

goldworker

jeweler

metalwork

metalsmith

jewelry maker

jewel-maker

jelwery maker

Vertalings

orefice

orfèvre

Goldschmied

goudsmid

orafo

χρυσοχόος

orfebre

ourives

aurifex

Goldschmiedin

forjador del oro

aurífice

χρυσοχοός

edelsmid

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: goldsmith

Geërf van Old English: goldsmiþ

Verwante met Skots: goldsmyth

Verwante met Saterfriesisch: Gouldsmid

Verwante met Fries: goudsmid

Verwante met Nederlands: goudsmid

Verwante met Duits: Goldschmied

Verwante met Deens: guldsmed

Verwante met Sweeds: guldsmed

Verwante met Yslands: gullsmiður

In summary

From Middle English goldsmith, from Old English goldsmiþ (“goldsmith”), from Proto-Germanic *gulþasmiþaz (“goldsmith”), equivalent to gold + smith. Cognate with Scots goldsmyth, gouldsmeth (“goldsmith”), Saterland Frisian Gouldsmid (“goldsmith”), West Frisian goudsmid (“goldsmith”), Dutch goudsmid (“goldsmith”), German Goldschmied (“goldsmith”), Danish guldsmed (“goldsmith”), Swedish guldsmed (“goldsmith”), Icelandic gullsmiður (“goldsmith”). Eclipsed non-native Middle English orbatour, orbatur (“goldsmith”) and orfever, orfevre (“goldsmith”), both borrowed from Old French.