Where does “plomba” come from?

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

plomba (French): third-person singular past historic of plomber

Definitions

  1. third-person singular past historic of plomber

Ancestry of “plomba”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchplomberto fill with lead, to weigh down with lead; to...
2Frenchplomblead; fuse; sinker
3Middle Frenchplomlead
4Old Frenchplom—
5Latinplumbumlead; ball of lead; pipe of lead
6Ancient Greekμόλυβδοςlead; graphite
7Proto-Indo-Europeanmorkʷ-iyo-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European morkʷ-iyo- →Every word from Ancient Greek μόλυβδος →Every word from Latin plumbum →