编辑“︁金”︁（章节）

== 词源 ==
英语“gold”和很多[[日耳曼语族]]的相应单词[[同源词|同源]]，源于[[原始日耳曼语]][[:en:wikt:Appendix:Proto-Germanic/gulþą|*''gulþą'']]，而后者则源于[[原始印欧语]][[:en:wikt:Appendix:Proto-Indo-European/ǵʰelh₃-|*''ǵʰelh₃-'']]，意为“闪耀，闪光；呈黄色或绿色”。<ref>Oxford English Dictionary</ref><ref>Hesse, R W. (2007) [http://books.google.com/books?id=DIWEi5Hg93gC&pg=PA103 Jewelrymaking Through History: An Encyclopedia], Greenwood Publishing Group. ISBN 978-0-313-33507-5</ref>

符号'''Au'''则是来自{{langx|la|[[:wikt:aurum|aurum]]}}，意即“金”。<ref>Notre Dame University [http://www.archives.nd.edu/cgi-bin/lookup.pl?stem=Aurum&ending= Latin Dictionary] {{Wayback|url=http://www.archives.nd.edu/cgi-bin/lookup.pl?stem=Aurum&ending= |date=20160205123228 }} Retrieved 7 June 2012</ref>后者本身则来自原始印欧语''*h₂é-h₂us-o-''，意为“发光”。这个词和{{langx|la|aurora}}（“黎明”）的源词[[:en:wikt:Appendix:Proto-Indo-European/h₂éwsōs|*h₂éu̯sōs]]的[[词根]]相同，是''*h₂u̯es-''。<ref>{{cite book|last=de Vaan|first=Michel|title=Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic languages|date=2008|publisher=Brill|location=Leiden: Boston|isbn=978 90 04 16797 1|page=63}}</ref>也许是因为这种词源关系，是科学出版物中常说aurum意思是“闪亮的黎明”。<ref name=Brathwaite>Christie, A and Brathwaite, R. (Last updated 2 November 2011) [https://web.archive.org/web/20130208092020/http://www.nzpam.govt.nz/cms/pdf-library/minerals/publications/Commodity%20Reports/report14_gold.pdf Mineral Commodity Report 14 — Gold], Institute of geological and Nuclear sciences Ltd&nbsp;– Retrieved 7 June 2012</ref>