Where does “pliumbu” come from?

pliumbu (Aromanian) comes from Latin plumbum, from Ancient Greek μόλυβδος, from Proto-Indo-European morkʷ-iyo-.

pliumbu (Aromanian): lead; bullet

Definitions

  1. lead; bullet

Ancestry of “pliumbu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinplumbumlead; ball of lead; pipe of lead
2Ancient Greekμόλυβδοςlead; graphite
3Proto-Indo-Europeanmorkʷ-iyo-
Every word from Proto-Indo-European morkʷ-iyo-Every word from Ancient Greek μόλυβδοςEvery word from Latin plumbum