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The word "silver" does not come from Latin, where the word is argentum. There is speculation that the word ultimately derives from the Akkadian word for refined silver, ̣̣̣̣̣̣̣̣sarpu. Related words can be found throughout the Germanic and Balto-Slavic group of languages, which developed side-by-side in Northern Europe: German Silber, Dutch zilver, Russian serebo, Lithuanian sidabras.
The Latin word for silver is argentum.
Argentina comes from the Latin word for silver, argentum.

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