| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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Appendix I
Indo-European Roots |
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| ENTRY: | arg- |
| DEFINITION: | To shine; white; the shining or white metal, silver. Oldest form * 2(e)r -, colored to *2(a)r-, becoming *ar- 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 * g-ro-, becoming *arg-ro-. agrimony, possibly from Greek argos, white (< *argros). (Pokorny ar(e)-- 64.) |
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