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But why the ancients called silver «lunar tears»? Everything is very simple — the roots of this issue go into the etymology of languages. In Sanskrit, silver was called “Argent”, in translation — “light” (not therefore in all traditions on the side of the good?). Then, from the word «Argent» came the Latin word «Argentum». The Latin name of the silver “Argentum” like the ancient Egyptian “khad”, and the ancient Greek “Argitos”, and the Sumerian “Kubabbar” translates as the “white” Russian word “silver”, the German “Zilber”, the English “Silver” came from one ancient Indian word «Sarpa» denoting the moon.