Where does “plumbum” come from?

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

plumbum (English): lead

Definitions

  1. lead

Ancestry of “plumbum”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinplumbumlead; ball of lead; pipe of lead
2Ancient Greekμόλυβδοςlead; graphite
3Proto-Indo-Europeanmorkʷ-iyo-—

Words derived from “plumbum”

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