2006-12-10 06:28:19 · 8 answers · asked by meganhults 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Chemistry
Silver (from Turkic çılbır (chain); through Anglo-Saxon seolfor; compare Old High German silabar; Ag is from the Latin argentum) has been known since ancient times. It is mentioned in the book of Genesis, and slag heaps found in Asia Minor and on the islands of the Aegean Sea indicate that silver was being separated from lead as early as the 4th millennium BC.
2006-12-10 06:34:46 · answer #1 · answered by Barkley Hound 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Silver is an example of an old Anglo-Saxon (the root language of English) term that has been retained...
Anglo-Saxon word seolfor over time became silver.
It was used to describe the metal itself, which has been mined for thousands of years.
As the metal Silver was the first thing of its kind to be of that color (easy to refine) the name for the metal became the name for the color.
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2006-12-10 14:39:53 · answer #2 · answered by delicateharmony 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
People these days, always so curious. Read the book Eldest and you'll know, Argetlam
2006-12-10 14:38:50 · answer #3 · answered by Confused&beyond 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It comes from the Anglo-Saxon word 'seolfor.'
2006-12-10 14:33:54 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
its called silver because of its color and its value, its just like bronze, why is bronze called bronze?, its becuase of its color.
2006-12-10 14:33:22 · answer #5 · answered by cozmo_connor 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
cuz the guy who named it sayd so
2006-12-10 14:29:25 · answer #6 · answered by kris 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
unique name for a unique color
2006-12-10 14:29:51 · answer #7 · answered by ~ME~ 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
because it is
2006-12-10 14:30:14 · answer #8 · answered by Carlos N 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋