gildyoudaoicibaDictYouDict[gild 词源字典]
gild: see gold
[gild etymology, gild origin, 英语词源]
gild (v.)youdaoicibaDictYouDict
Old English gyldan "to gild, to cover with a thin layer of gold," from Proto-Germanic *gulthjan (cognates: Old Norse gylla "to gild," Old High German ubergulden "to cover with gold"), from *gulthan "gold" (see gold). Related: Gilded; gilding. Figuratively from 1590s.