The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromἄργυρος“silver”
- English todayargyraspid
From Ancient Greek ἄργυρος (árguros, “silver”) and ᾰ̓σπίς (ăspís, “shield”). By surface analysis, argyr- + aspid.
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekἄργυρος all →
arginine
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.