elder
English
/ˈeldə/, /ˈɛldə/, /ˈɛldɚ/
comparative adjective
Definitions
- (inflection of) old: older, greater than another in age or seniority.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English eldre (ancestor, elder) inherited from Old English eldra inherited from Proto-Germanic *alþizô.
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*alþizô
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- berry English
- care English
- elderate English
- elderberry English
- elderberrying English
- eldercare English
- elderdom English
- elderfather English
- elderflower English
- elderhood English
- elderish English
- elderliness English
- elderly English
- eldermother English
- eldern English
- eldership English
- elderspeak English
- elderwed English
- eldress English
- father English
- flower English
- fore-elder English
- mother English
- nonelderly English
- wed English
- *educus Latin
- *h₂eltós Proto-Indo-European
- *alþizô Proto-Germanic
- *gamalaz Proto-Germanic
- eldra Old English
- ieldra Old English
- *elderdom Middle English
- eldern Middle English
- eldre Middle English
- eldrefader Middle English
- foreldre Middle English
- ellri Old Norse
- gamall Old Norse
- gammel Danish
- engo Galician
- eltirōn Old High German
- 𐌰𐌻𐌸𐌹𐌶𐌰 Gothic
- aldiro Old Saxon
- alder Old Frisian