English
minargent
Minargent may come from Latin argentum ‘silver’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEargentum‘silver’uncertain
- Englishtodayminargent
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEargentum‘silver’uncertain
- Englishtodayminargent
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *h₂erǵ- ‘white, argent, glittering’
argue, argument, arguable, 54 more
through Latin argentum ‘silver’
Today it means
noun An alloy of (starting with the main component, and ending with the smallest) copper, nickel, tungsten, and aluminium, formerly used by jewellers as a substitute for silver.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin argentum / minargent