Where does “argintos” come from?
argintos (Romanian) comes from Romanian argint, from Latin argentum, from Proto-Italic argentom, from Proto-Indo-European h₂r̥ǵn̥tóm, from Proto-Indo-European h₂erǵ- — white, argent; glittering.
argintos (Romanian): containing much silver, full of silver; silvery
Definitions
- containing much silver, full of silver; silvery
Ancestry of “argintos”, step by step
argintos traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Romanian argint
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | argint | silver; silver object; silver coin or currency |
| 2 | Latin | argentum | silver; a silver thing |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | argentom | silver |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂r̥ǵn̥tóm | silver |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂erǵ- | white, argent; glittering |