argento-

1. a combining form meaning “silver,” used in the formation of compound words:

   argento-cuprous sulfide.

Word History and Origins

Origin of argento-¹

< Latin argent ( um ) + -o-

Example Sentences

Alii amphoras, quas vini plenas extulerunt, eas argento repletas domum reportarunt.

From Project Gutenberg

Neque proposito argento neque tabulis et signis propalam collocatis; that is, to everybodys admiration: compare with Pis.

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But it is very little used in perfumery, if we except its combination in Aqua di Argento.

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Et habet medietatem de farinarium, inde solvit de argento solidos II.'

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Item, fabella, seu orata una argenti facta ad modum unius maze cum manica ligni ligata in argento.

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