Silver is a shiny, gray-white metal used for coins, jewelry, and decorative objects. It can also describe the color of something that looks like this metal.
“Silver” comes from Old English “seolfor,” from a Proto-Germanic root also seen in German “Silber.” The origin before that is uncertain, but the word is very old. It has long been tied to money, beauty, and preciousness.
Silver is so central that it gave its name to money in many cultures; even today, ‘silver’ can mean cutlery or coins. Phrases like ‘silver lining’ and ‘silver tongue’ borrow the metal’s brightness and smoothness as metaphors for hope and persuasive speech. Metals quietly shape our emotional vocabulary.
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