Where does ā€œe-goldā€ come from?

e-gold (English) comes from English E, from Old English E, from Latin E, from Etruscan šŒ„, from Ancient Greek ε, from Phoenician 𐤄, from Egyptian š“€ .

e-gold (English): gold traded over the Internet

Definitions

  1. gold traded over the Internet

Ancestry of ā€œe-goldā€, step by step

e-gold traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English E

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishEThe ordinal number fifth, derived from this...
2Old EnglishE—
3LatinEScribal abbreviation of the diphthong ae
4EtruscanšŒ„ā€”
5Ancient GreekεLower case epsilon, the fifth letter of the ancient and modern Greek alphabets. Its name was εἶ, later į¼’ ψιλόν, and presently έψιλον. It represents roughly the same sound in both alphabets: in Modern Greek, a somewhat lowered variant of the mid front unrounded vowel: or. It is preceded by Ī“ and foll
6Phoenician𐤄that
7Egyptian𓀠—

via English Gold

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishGoldfor a goldsmith or a rich man
2Middle Englishgoldgold metal
3Old Englishgoldgold
4Proto-Germanicgulþągold
5Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰl̄tómgold
6Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰelhā‚ƒ-to flourish; green, yellow
Every word from Egyptian š“€  →Every word from Phoenician 𐤄 →Every word from Ancient Greek ε →
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