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Where does “nichelargento” come from?

nichelargento (Italian) comes from Italian argento, from Latin argentum, from Proto-Italic argentom, from Proto-Indo-European h₂r̥ǵn̥tóm, from Proto-Indo-European h₂erǵ- — white, argent; glittering.

nichelargento (Italian): nickel silver

Definitions

  1. nickel silver

Ancestry of “nichelargento”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianargentosilver; argent; first-person singular present...
2Latinargentumsilver; a silver thing
3Proto-Italicargentomsilver
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂r̥ǵn̥tómsilver
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂erǵ-white, argent; glittering
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