Etymology

desilver

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Today it means: To remove the silver from (an alloy). Full definition →

English silver ← Middle English silver ← Old English seolfor
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*de
  2. Proto-Indo-European*déh₁
  3. Proto-Italic*dē
  4. Latindē
  5. Latindē-
  6. Englishde-
  7. Proto-Germanic*silubrą
  8. Proto-West Germanic*silubr
  9. Old Englishseolfor
  10. Middle Englishsilver
  11. Englishsilver
  12. English todaydesilver

From de- + silver.

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