English
Silverite
From silver + -ite.
Formed from silver + -ite
Proto-Germanic *silubrą ‘silver’
Proto-West Germanic *silubr ‘silver’
Old English seolfor ‘silver’
Middle English silver ‘silver’
English silver
Today it means
noun A member of a 19th-century political movement in the United States that advocated for silver continuing to be a monetary standard along with gold.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Silverite