Etymograph

English

radiosilver

From radio- + silver.

Formed from radio- + silver

Latin radius ‘ray’

English radio-

Proto-Germanic *silubrą ‘silver’

Proto-West Germanic *silubr ‘silver’

Old English seolfor ‘silver’

Middle English silver ‘silver’

English silver

Today it means

noun radioactive silver

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “radiosilver”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

Etymograph / radiosilver