Where does “piomb” come from?

piomb (Champenois) comes from Old French plom, from Latin plumbum, from Ancient Greek μόλυβδος, from Proto-Indo-European morkʷ-iyo-.

piomb (Champenois): lead

Definitions

  1. lead

Ancestry of “piomb”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchplom—
2Latinplumbumlead; ball of lead; pipe of lead
3Ancient Greekμόλυβδοςlead; graphite
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmorkʷ-iyo-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European morkʷ-iyo- →Every word from Ancient Greek μόλυβδος →Every word from Latin plumbum →