From Middle English gold, from Old English gold, from Proto-Germanic *gulþą, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰl̥tóm, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelh₃-. Related to yellow; see there for more.
Germanic cognates include Dutch goud, German Gold, Norwegian gull, Swedish guld, and cognates from other Indo-European languages are Latvian zelts, Russian зо́лото, Persian زرد ("yellow, golden"), Sanskrit हिरण्य.
From gold master, a copy of the code certified as being ready for release.
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