Where does “radioplomb” come from?

radioplomb (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-.

radioplomb (French): radiolead

Definitions

  1. radiolead

Ancestry of “radioplomb”, 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-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European morkʷ-iyo- →Every word from Ancient Greek μόλυβδος →Every word from Latin plumbum →