Word Origin Summary

Ἄργιλλος is attested in Ancient Greek. Follow the ancestry chain below to trace where this term came from and how it branched into later descendants.

Descendants and Related Terms

• arcilla

  Spanish · inherited from

• ardiylh

  Gallo · derived from

• arsilya

  Tagalog · borrowed from

• argilliturbation

  English · derived from

• argilla

  Italian · derived from

• argilliferous

  English · derived from

• argila

  Catalan · derived from

• argillaceous

  English · borrowed from

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