- gelt (n.)
[gelt 词源字典]
- "money," 1520s, from German and Dutch gelt "gold, money," from Proto-Germanic *geldam "payment" (see geld (n.)). In some later uses from Yiddish gelt, from Old High German gelt "payment, reward," from the same source.[gelt etymology, gelt origin, 英语词源]
- gelt (adj.)
- past participle of geld (v.); hence, as an adjective, "castrated" (mid-15c.).