Where does “Argon” come from?

Argon (German) comes from Ancient Greek ἀργός, from Ancient Greek ἀ-, from Proto-Hellenic hə-, from Proto-Indo-European sm̥-, from Proto-Indo-European sem- — together, one.

Argon (German): argon (a chemical element with an atomic number of 18)

Definitions

  1. argon (a chemical element with an atomic number of 18)

Ancestry of “Argon”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekἀργόςwhite, bright; swift; not working, idle
2Ancient Greekἀ-The alpha privativum, used to make words that...
3Proto-Hellenichə-same; together
4Proto-Indo-Europeansm̥-one; with, together
5Proto-Indo-Europeansem-together, one

Words derived from “Argon”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European sem- →Every word from Ancient Greek ἀ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European sm̥- →