silver
→
platinum
1 realization
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
| NEW Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Spanish | |
| Lexeme 1 | plata | |
| Lexeme 2 | (archaic) platina, (modern) platino | |
| Meaning 1 | silver | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | platinum | |
| Reference | DRAE | |
| Comment | Initially platina ('little silver') del Pinto because the metal was found as an impurity in gold, and del Pinto for the Pinto River in Grand Columbia where Europeans discovered it being mined by Native Americans | |