Where does “argilă” come from?

argilă (Romanian) comes from French argile, from Latin argilla, from Ancient Greek ἄργιλλος, from Ancient Greek ἀργός, from Ancient Greek ἀ-, from Proto-Hellenic hə-, from Proto-Indo-European sm̥-, from Proto-Indo-European sem- — together, one.

argilă (Romanian): clay

Definitions

clay

Ancestry of “argilă”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	French	argile	clay
2	Latin	argilla	white clay, potter's clay, argil
3	Ancient Greek	ἄργιλλος	white clay, potter's clay, argil
4	Ancient Greek	ἀργός	white, bright; swift; not working, idle
5	Ancient Greek	ἀ-	The alpha privativum, used to make words that...
6	Proto-Hellenic	hə-	same; together
7	Proto-Indo-European	sm̥-	one; with, together
8	Proto-Indo-European	sem-	together, one

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