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Where does “Piombino” come from?

Piombino (Italian) comes from Latin Populinum, from Latin Populonia, from Latin populor, from Latin pōpulus, from Proto-Italic poplos — army.

Ancestry of “Piombino”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinPopulinum—
2LatinPopulonia—
3LatinpopulorI lay waste, ravage or devastate; I plunder or...
4Latinpōpulus—
5Proto-Italicpoplosarmy
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