'silverer' originates from English, specifically the word 'silver', where 'silver' referred to the metal and by extension the color and luster associated with it.

'silver' changed from Old English 'seolfor' (Old English) and from Proto-Germanic '*silubrą', and eventually became the modern English word 'silver'; 'silverer' developed by adding the comparative/agentive suffix '-er' to 'silver'.

Initially, it meant 'the metal silver' and items made of it; over time the term also came to denote 'a silverlike color or shine', and derivatives like 'silverer' express a comparative quality or an agent.