Gosh. I have just learned that treasure comes from Old French, from Latin thesaurus, from Greek θησαυρός. Our word-hoard is our wealth. Yes. This is exactly the magic that I’m here for.

“Treasure, N.” Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, June 2024, https://doi.org/10.1093/OED/4835049275.

• 1.124 But we have never forgotten our stolen treasure.
• 3.003 where Smaug lies on our treasure.”
• 3.037 I have heard that there are still forgotten treasures of old
• 4.013 and discussed what each would do with his share of the treasure
• 4.046 on a treasure hunt!”
• 5.040 Yet golden treasure inside is hid,
• 7.142 Think of the treasure at the end,
• 8.132 and the strong place of his treasure,
• 8.133 whom they accused of stealing their treasure.
• 8.133 If the elf-king had a weakness it was for treasure,
• 8.133 since he had not yet as great a treasure as other elf-lords of old.
• 9.014 all about his treasure
• 9.015 in the treasure,
• 9.016 in the treasure
• 10.041 No treasure will come back
• 12.009 I have absolutely no use for dragon-guarded treasures,
• 12.015 the glory of such treasure
• 12.016 across the floor to the nearest edge of the mounds of treasure.
• 12.019 and talking delightedly of the recovery of their treasure,
• 12.035 but to steal treasure.
• 12.037 if you mean about removing the treasure.
• 12.068 how the treasure was to be removed,
• 12.095 about what would happen after the treasure had been won.
• 13.018 Bilbo was climbing the great mound of treasure.
• 13.032 The mere fleeting glimpses of treasure
• 13.033 as they lifted old treasures from the mound
• 13.039 of examining the treasures,
• 13.040 This treasure is not yet won back.
• 14.035 of the fabled treasure of the Mountain
• 14.038 concerning the vast treasure that was now unguarded.
• 15.016 and the treasure is ours!’
• 15.019 all the treasure is yours –
• 15.019 They too think to find amends from your treasure,
• 15.048 and your treasure delivered.
• 15.050 To the treasure of my people
• 15.050 The treasure was not his
• 15.056 he shall deliver one twelfth portion of the treasure unto Bard,
• 16.001 and ordering the treasure;
• 16.002 That stone of all the treasure I name unto myself,
• 16.005 The treasure is likely to be your death,
• 17.019 the treasure of my house.
• 17.025 so strong was the bewilderment of the treasure upon him,
• 17.061 with all the wretched treasure,
• 18.032 for Dain dealt his treasure well.
• 18.034 From that treasure Bard sent much gold
• 18.035 This treasure is as much yours as it is mine;
• 18.036 How on earth should I have got all that treasure home
• 19.003 Than silver in treasure;