overgild

Betekenis (Engels)

To cover with gilding.

Sinonieme

gold plating

Vertalings

επιχρυσώνω

vergulden

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: overgilden

Geërf van Old English: ofergyldan

Verwante met Duits: übergülden

In summary

From Middle English overgilden, from Old English ofergyldan (“to encase, overlay, or adorn with gold”), from Proto-Germanic *uber (“over”) + *gulþijaną (“to deck with gold”), equivalent to over- + gild. Cognate with German übergülden, übergolden (“to overgild”).