Where does “argento” come from?
argento (Italian) comes from Latin argentum, from Proto-Italic argentom, from Proto-Indo-European h₂r̥ǵn̥tóm, from Proto-Indo-European h₂erǵ- — white, argent; glittering.
argento (Italian): silver; argent; first-person singular present...
Definitions
- silver; argent; first-person singular present...
Ancestry of “argento”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | argentum | silver; a silver thing |
| 2 | Proto-Italic | argentom | silver |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂r̥ǵn̥tóm | silver |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂erǵ- | white, argent; glittering |
Words derived from “argento”