| "> | | | | meaning 'White', or 'To shine'. This root word is |
| Silver (Sil-ver) n: A precious metal with the highest | | | | found in ancient: |
| thermal and electrical conductivity of all metals | | | | - Greek - Argos. |
| used in a variety of purities in the production of | | | | - Latin - Argentums. |
| jewelry, tableware, photography and coins. | | | | - Celtic - Argent. |
| In its purest form this lustrous metal, like gold, is | | | | - Sanskrit - Arjuna. |
| very soft. For this reason Silver is usually alloyed | | | | The only languages that lacked this root are the |
| with other metals such as copper, as is the case | | | | Germano-Balto-Slavic languages that used another |
| in sterling silver jewelry, to make it more robust. | | | | stem for Silver thought to be based on a river in |
| - Fine Silver: 99.9% Silver. | | | | Lycia, modern day Turkey: |
| - Thai Karen Hill-Tribe Silver: 99.5% Silver. | | | | - Slavic - Sirebro. |
| - Britannia Silver: 95.84% Silver with up to 4.16% | | | | - Baltic - Silabr. |
| copper. | | | | - Germanic - Silbr. |
| - Mexican Silver: usually 95% Silver and 5% | | | | The Germanic, or Teutonic, word is the root of |
| Copper. | | | | the Anglo-Saxon branch word of 'Silver' used |
| - Sterling Silver Jewelry: 92.5% Silver, with copper | | | | today. |
| making up the remaining 7.5%. | | | | Read Sterling Silver Jewelry - The Definition And |
| Silver is a chemical element denoted on the | | | | Etymology Of Sterling |
| periodic table by the symbol 'Ag'. In etymological | | | | Copyright © SilverShake Corporation. All |
| terms this symbol is derived from the early | | | | Rights Reserved. |
| Proto-Indo-European language root word 'Arg'- | | | | |