Where does “μόλυβδος” come from?

μόλυβδος (Ancient Greek) comes from Proto-Indo-European morkʷ-iyo-.

μόλυβδος (Ancient Greek): lead; graphite

Definitions

  1. lead; graphite

Ancestry of “μόλυβδος”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanmorkʷ-iyo-

Words derived from “μόλυβδος

Every word from Proto-Indo-European morkʷ-iyo-
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