goldsmith

Meaning

Noun

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

Related

Broader meaning words

• smith, metalsmith

Origin

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