Where does “molybdaenum” come from?

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

molybdaenum (Latin): molybdenum

Definitions

  1. molybdenum

Ancestry of “molybdaenum”, step by step

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

Words derived from “molybdaenum”

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