Etymograph

English

silverworker

From silver + worker.

A compound of silver + worker

Proto-Germanic *silubrą ‘silver’

Proto-West Germanic *silubr ‘silver’

Old English seolfor ‘silver’

Middle English silver ‘silver’

English silver

Middle English worchere ‘one who works’

English worker

Today it means

noun A person employed to manufacture and shape silver.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “silverworker”. 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 / silverworker