English
telargpalite
Telargpalite comes from Latin argentum ‘silver’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *h₂erǵ- ‘white, argent, glittering’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂erǵ-‘white, argent, glittering’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂ŕ̥ǵn̥tom‘silver’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*argentom‘silver’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEargentum‘silver’
- Englishtodaytelargpalite
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂erǵ-‘white, argent, glittering’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂ŕ̥ǵn̥tom‘silver’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*argentom‘silver’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEargentum‘silver’
- Englishtodaytelargpalite
Formed from -ite
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *h₂erǵ- ‘white, argent, glittering’
argument, argue, arguable, 53 more
through Latin argentum ‘silver’
Today it means
noun An isometric steel gray mineral containing palladium, silver, and tellurium.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *h₂erǵ- / telargpalite