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Where does “organoplombique” come from?

organoplombique (French) comes from French plombique, from French plomb, from Middle French plom, from Old French plom, from Latin plumbum, from Ancient Greek μόλυβδος, from Proto-Indo-European morkʷ-iyo-.

organoplombique (French): organolead

Definitions

  1. organolead

Ancestry of “organoplombique”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchplombiqueplumbic
2Frenchplomblead; fuse; sinker
3Middle Frenchplomlead
4Old Frenchplom—
5Latinplumbumlead; ball of lead; pipe of lead
6Ancient Greekμόλυβδοςlead; graphite
7Proto-Indo-Europeanmorkʷ-iyo-—
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