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Where does “plomber” come from?

plomber (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-.

plomber (French): to fill with lead, to weigh down with lead; to...

Definitions

  1. to fill with lead, to weigh down with lead; to...

Ancestry of “plomber”, 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-—

Words derived from “plomber”

  • plombage
  • plomba
  • plombere
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