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Where does “μόλυβδος” come from?

μόλυβδος (Greek) comes from Ancient Greek μόλυβδος, from Proto-Indo-European morkʷ-iyo-.

μόλυβδος (Greek): lead

Definitions

  1. lead

Ancestry of “μόλυβδος”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekμόλυβδοςlead; graphite
2Proto-Indo-Europeanmorkʷ-iyo-—

Words derived from “μόλυβδος”

  • αμόλυβδος
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