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Where does “Argentinne” come from?

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

Ancestry of “Argentinne”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinargentumsilver; a silver thing
2Proto-Italicargentomsilver
3Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂r̥ǵn̥tómsilver
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂erǵ-white, argent; glittering
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