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silvern

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Adj — Made from silver, or looking like it.

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Comes from Middle English sylveren, selverne, from Old English seolfren, from Proto-Germanic *silubrīnaz, meaning "made of silver"; it is equivalent to silver plus -(e)n. Cognate with Dutch zilveren ("silvern") and German silbern ("silvern").

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