Etymology

monosilver

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Today it means: A single silver atom in a compound Full definition →

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

  1. Ancient Greekμόνος (mónos)
  2. Ancient Greekμονο- (mono-)
  3. Englishmono-
  4. Proto-Germanic*silubrą
  5. Proto-West Germanic*silubr
  6. Old Englishseolfor
  7. Middle Englishsilver
  8. Englishsilver
  9. English todaymonosilver

From mono- + silver.

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