Where does “piombare” come from?

piombare (Italian) comes from Italian piombo, from Latin plumbum, from Ancient Greek μόλυβδος, from Proto-Indo-European morkʷ-iyo-.

piombare (Italian): contro, or addosso}} to pounce (on); to swoop (down) (on)

Definitions

  1. contro, or addosso}} to pounce (on); to swoop (down) (on)

Ancestry of “piombare”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianpiombolead; grey; bullet
2Latinplumbumlead; ball of lead; pipe of lead
3Ancient Greekμόλυβδοςlead; graphite
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmorkʷ-iyo-—

Words derived from “piombare”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European morkʷ-iyo- →Every word from Ancient Greek μόλυβδος →Every word from Latin plumbum →