Elder Definition
Other Word Forms of Elder
Noun
Origin of Elder
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From Middle English eldre, eller, from Old English ellærn, from Proto-Germanic *el(d)ernaz (confer Low German Elhorn, Elloorn), adjectival from Proto-Indo-European *h₁edʰ-l-i 'spruce, fir' (compare Middle Irish aidlen 'silver fir', Latin ebulus (“dwarf elder”), Old Prussian addle 'fir', Czech jedle 'silver fir', Ancient Greek ἐλάτη (elate, “silver fir”)
From Wiktionary
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From Old English eldra, from Proto-Germanic *alþizô. The vowel change from a to e triggered by the following i is called umlaut.
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Middle English eldre from Old English eldra al-2 in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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