arg-

To shine; white; the shining or white metal, silver. Oldest form *ə₂(e)rg̑-, colored to *ə₂(a)rg̑-, becoming *arg̑- in satem languages and *arg- in centum languages.

1. Suffixed form *arg-ent-. argent, argentine, from Latin argentum, silver.

2. Suffixed form *arg-i-l(l)-. argil, from Greek argillos, white clay.

3. Suffixed form *arg-u-ro-. litharge, pyrargyrite, from Greek arguros, silver.

4. Suffixed form *arg-i-n-. arginine, from Greek arginoeis, brilliant, bright-shining.

5. Suffixed form *arg-u-, brilliant, clear. argue, from Latin denominative arguere, to make clear, demonstrate (< *argu-yo-).

6. Suffixed zero-grade form *ər̥g-ro-, becoming *arg-ro-. agrimony, possibly from Greek argos, white (< *argros).

 

[Pokorny ar(e)-g̑- 64.]

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