Where does “plumbago” come from?
plumbago (French) comes from Latin plumbāgō, from Latin agō, from Proto-Italic agō, from Proto-Indo-European h₂éǵeti, from Proto-Indo-European h₂eǵ- — to drive.
plumbago (French): plumbago
Ancestry of “plumbago”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | plumbāgō | — |
| 2 | Latin | agō | — |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | agō | drive; push, impel; do, act |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂éǵeti | to be driving |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂eǵ- | to drive |