goldsmith

Meaning

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).

Synonyms

silversmith

jeweller

gold-worker

goldworker

jeweler

metalwork

metalsmith

jewelry maker

jewel-maker

jelwery maker

Translations

orefice

orfèvre

Goldschmied

goudsmid

orafo

χρυσοχόος

orfebre

ourives

aurifex

Goldschmiedin

forjador del oro

aurífice

χρυσοχοός

edelsmid

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: goldsmith

Inherited from Old English: goldsmiþ

Cognate with Scots: goldsmyth

Cognate with Saterland Frisian: Gouldsmid

Cognate with Western Frisian: goudsmid

Cognate with Dutch: goudsmid

Cognate with German: Goldschmied

Cognate with Danish: guldsmed

Cognate with Swedish: guldsmed

Cognate with Icelandic: 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.