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Where does “plombier” come from?

plombier (French) comes from Old French plummier, from Latin plumbārius, from Latin plumbum, from Ancient Greek μόλυβδος, from Proto-Indo-European morkʷ-iyo-.

plombier (French): plumber

Definitions

  1. plumber

Ancestry of “plombier”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchplummierplumber
2Latinplumbārius—
3Latinplumbumlead; ball of lead; pipe of lead
4Ancient Greekμόλυβδοςlead; graphite
5Proto-Indo-Europeanmorkʷ-iyo-—
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