Where does “dārgmetāls” come from?

dārgmetāls (Latvian) comes from Latvian metāls, from Ancient Greek μέταλλον, from Ancient Greek μέταλλευειν — to mine, quarry.

dārgmetāls (Latvian): precious metal

Definitions

  1. precious metal

Ancestry of “dārgmetāls”, step by step

dārgmetāls traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latvian metāls

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latvianmetālsmetal
2Ancient GreekμέταλλονA mine, quarry, or salt pit; metal
3Ancient Greekμέταλλευεινto mine, quarry

via Latvian dārgs

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latviandārgsexpensive, costly; dear, important, valuable,...
2Proto-Indo-Europeander-to split, to separate; to tear, to crack, to...
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