Where does “molybdena” come from?

molybdena (English) comes from Latin molybdaena, from Ancient Greek μόλυβδος, from Proto-Indo-European morkʷ-iyo-.

molybdena (English): molybdenite

Definitions

  1. molybdenite

Ancestry of “molybdena”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinmolybdaenanominative plural of molybdaenum; accusative...
2Ancient Greekμόλυβδοςlead; graphite
3Proto-Indo-Europeanmorkʷ-iyo-—

Words derived from “molybdena”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European morkʷ-iyo- →Every word from Ancient Greek μόλυβδος →Every word from Latin molybdaena →