English
argenteous
Argenteous may come from Latin argenteus ‘silvern, silvery’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEargenteus‘silvern, silvery’uncertain
- Englishearliest quotation 1803argenteous
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEargenteus‘silvern, silvery’uncertain
- Englishearliest quotation 1803argenteous
Earliest quotation: 1803, The Philosophical Magazine: A Journal of, Experimental and Applied Physics: “4th, A portion properly evaporated furnished small crystals of…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *h₂erǵ- ‘white, argent, glittering’
Today it means
adj Silvery.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin argenteus / argenteous