Other forms: silversmiths
A silversmith is a craftsman who works in the white precious metal. A master silversmith, the silversmith's mark, trained as a silversmith.
British silver carries hallmarks recording the maker, the standard, the assay office and the year, which is why a piece can be dated exactly. The trade is raising, chasing and soldering rather than casting.
1nounsilversmithA craftsman who works in the white precious metal.
“The silversmith made a set of spoons and a teapot as a wedding present.”
silversmith is a craftsman.
Old English seolforsmith is silver plus smith.
Proto-Germanic
*silubrasmiþaz — silversmith
Old English
seolforsmiþ — silversmith
Middle English
silver smyth
English, today
silversmith
Middle English silver smyth, from Old English seolforsmiþ (“silversmith”), from Proto-Germanic silubrasmiþaz (“silversmith”), equivalent to silver + smith. Cognate with stq Säälwersmid (“silversmith”), West Frisian sulversmid (“silversmith”), Dutch zilversmid (“silversmith”), German Low German Sülversmitt (“silversmith”), German Silberschmied (“silversmith”), Danish sølvsmed (“silversmith”), Norwegian Bokmål sølvsmed (“silversmith”), Norwegian Nynorsk sølvsmed (“silversmith”), sylvsmed (“silversmith”), Swedish silversmed (“silversmith”), Icelandic silfursmiður (“silversmith”). Eclipsed non-native Middle English argentarie (“silversmith”) from Latin argentārius (“dealer in silver, silversmith”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA