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Why is it called "GOLD"
The gold has been called the first folly of man, the whore of civilization, a relic, the savior of civilization, and a host of other fanciful, it at times derogatory, epithets. However, man has kept a fascination for the metal for more than 5000 years, promoted by its beauty.
Gold has a curious history. The term gold is said by the scholars and philologists to come from Sanskrit jvalita, derived from jval to shine. The word gold derives from the Anglo-Saxon gold, a word apparently corrupted from the Teutonic gulth glowing or shining metal. The Latin term of gold, aurum, and the earlier Sabine ausum are said to be words to early Italian origin related to aurora meaning glowing down. Another version has it that the Latin word aurum derives from the Hebrew aor meaning light. The Latin term is preserved in the chemical symbol for gold, Au, and in the terminology of its salts, aurous and auric.
In the literature of nearly all cultures the word gold and its derivatives appear more often than any other word tingling metaphor and simile and providing innumerable parables, analogies, and proverbs. Thus, it is possible find Golden Ages, The Golden Apple, The Golden Ass, The Golden Bough, The Golden Coast, The Golden Gate and other more. In simile, there are commonplace saying as heart of gold, good as gold, value as gold. Maybe, the two best-known proverbs involving gold are: All that glisten is not gold, and Gold is where You find it.
