Question: was originally identified by its latin name argentum
Answer: 47 Silver Ag Akkadian via Anglo - Saxon and Middle English 𒊭𒁺𒁍 / 𒊭𒅈𒇥 ; siolfor / seolfor to refine , smelt Latin argentum From the Anglo - Saxon , seolfor which was derived from Proto - Germanic * silubra - ; compare Old High German silabar ; and has cognates in Balto - Slavic languages : Church Slavonic : sĭrebro , Lithuanian : sidabras , Old Prussian sirablan .