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Where does “plombémie” come from?

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

plombémie (French): The presence of lead in the blood

Definitions

  1. The presence of lead in the blood

Ancestry of “plombémie”, step by step

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