English
Little Argentina
little + Argentina.
A compound of little + Argentina
Proto-Indo-European *lewd- ‘to bend’
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Proto-West Germanic *lūtan ‘to bow down’
Proto-West Germanic *lūtil
Old English lȳtel ‘small’
Middle English litel
English little
Proto-Indo-European *h₂erǵ- ‘white, shining’
Proto-Indo-European *h₂ŕ̥ǵn̥tom ‘silver’
Proto-Italic *argentom ‘silver’
Latin argentum ‘silver’
English Argentina
Today it means
noun An expatriate neighbourhood community composed of those of Argentinian extraction.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Little Argentina