Etymology

argentry

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Today it means: Silver material, or silverness in color. Full definition →

French argenterie ← Latin argentum
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  1. Latin · derived fromargentum
  2. French · derived fromargenterie
  3. English todayargentry

From French argenterie, from argent (“silver”), from Latin argentum.

Words from the same roots

Latinargentum all →

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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.