Where does “plumbocalcite” come from?

plumbocalcite (English) comes from English plumbo-, from Latin plumbum, from Ancient Greek μόλυβδος, from Proto-Indo-European morkʷ-iyo-.

plumbocalcite (English): A variety of calcite that contains some lead...

Definitions

  1. A variety of calcite that contains some lead...

Ancestry of “plumbocalcite”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishplumbo-lead
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 →