argento-

a combining form meaning “silver,” used in the formation of compound words: argento-cuprous sulfide.

Origin of argento-

<Latin argent(um) + -o-

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Alii amphoras, quas vini plenas extulerunt, eas argento repletas domum reportarunt.
Selections from Viri Romae | Charles Franois L'Homond
Neque proposito argento neque tabulis et signis propalam collocatis; that is, to everybodys admiration: compare with Pis.
Dderlein's Hand-book of Latin Synonymes | Ludwig Dderlein
But it is very little used in perfumery, if we except its combination in Aqua di Argento.
The Art of Perfumery | G. W. Septimus Piesse
Et habet medietatem de farinarium, inde solvit de argento solidos II.'
Medieval People | Eileen Edna Power
Item, fabella, seu orata una argenti facta ad modum unius maze cum manica ligni ligata in argento.
History of the Fan | George Woolliscroft Rhead

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