## Meanings
1. Having the bright, warm yellow colour of gold.
2. Made of gold or relating to gold.
3. Excellent and not to be missed; very favourable.
4. Marked by happiness, peace, and success.

## Examples
- She had long golden hair.
- The queen wore a golden crown.
- This is a golden opportunity to learn from the best.
- The 1950s were a golden era for the city.

## Derived Forms
- engolden
- golden-ager
- golden-chain
- golden-eyed
- golden-haired
- golden-rain
- golden-tongued
- golden-yellow
- goldenback
- goldenberry
- goldencarpet
- goldeneye

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *ǵʰelh₃-
- Root: golden
- Root: gulden
- Root: gylden
- Root: *gulþīn
- Root: *gulþīnaz

## Etymology
From Middle English golden, a restored form (due to the noun gold) of earlier Middle English gulden, gylden, gilden ("golden"; > English gilden), from Old English gylden (“golden”), from Proto-West Germanic *gulþīn, from Proto-Germanic *gulþīnaz (“golden, made of gold”), equivalent to gold + -en. Cognate with Dutch gouden, gulden (“golden”), German gülden, golden (“golden”), Danish gylden (“golden”). Doublet of gilden. More at gold.

## AI Etymology
Golden comes from Middle English golden, a restored form (due to the noun gold) of earlier Middle English gulden, gylden, gilden ("golden"; > English gilden), from Old English gylden (“golden”), from Proto-West Germanic *gulþīn, from Proto-Germanic *gulþīnaz (“golden, made of gold”), equivalent to gold + -en. Cognate with Dutch gouden, gulden (“golden”), German gülden, golden (“golden”), Danish gylden (“golden”). Doublet of gilden. More at gold. The historical line also includes *ǵʰelh₃- (Proto-Indo-European). In current use, the main senses are “Having the bright, warm yellow colour of gold” and “Made of gold or relating to gold”.

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