Where does “plummeter” come from?

plummeter (English) comes from English plummet, from Middle English plommet, from Old French plommet, from Old French plom, from Latin plumbum, from Ancient Greek μόλυβδος, from Proto-Indo-European morkʷ-iyo-.

plummeter (English): One who plummets

Definitions

  1. One who plummets

Ancestry of “plummeter”, step by step

plummeter traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English plummet

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishplummetA piece of lead attached to a line, used in...
2Middle Englishplommetball of lead", "plumb of a bob-line
3Old Frenchplommet
4Old Frenchplom
5Latinplumbumlead; ball of lead; pipe of lead
6Ancient Greekμόλυβδοςlead; graphite
7Proto-Indo-Europeanmorkʷ-iyo-

via English ER

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishERThe statistic "Earned Run"; Initialism of...
2Turkisherearly; brave; man, male
3Ottoman Turkishایرsaddle, a seat for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal
4Old Anatolian Turkishایرearly, at a time in advance of the usual or expected event
5Proto-Turkicēdersaddle
Every word from Proto-Indo-European morkʷ-iyo-Every word from Ancient Greek μόλυβδοςEvery word from Latin plumbum