Etymology

disilver

D2I1S1I1L1V4E1R1

Today it means: Two silver atoms in a compound Full definition →

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

  1. Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
  2. Proto-Indo-European*dwi-
  3. Proto-Hellenic*dwi-
  4. Ancient Greekδῐ- (dĭ-)
  5. Latindi-
  6. Englishdi-
  7. Proto-Germanic*silubrą
  8. Proto-West Germanic*silubr
  9. Old Englishseolfor
  10. Middle Englishsilver
  11. Englishsilver
  12. English todaydisilver

From di- + silver.

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