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Where does “plumba” come from?

plumba (Latin) comes from Danish plombe, from French plomb, from Middle French plom, from Old French plom, from Latin plumbum, from Ancient Greek μόλυβδος, from Proto-Indo-European morkʷ-iyo-.

plumba (Latin): second-person singular present active imperative...

Definitions

  1. second-person singular present active imperative...

Ancestry of “plumba”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishplombelead seal; filling
2Frenchplomblead; fuse; sinker
3Middle Frenchplomlead
4Old Frenchplom—
5Latinplumbumlead; ball of lead; pipe of lead
6Ancient Greekμόλυβδοςlead; graphite
7Proto-Indo-Europeanmorkʷ-iyo-—

Words derived from “plumba”

  • plumb
  • unplumbable
  • plumbless
  • replumb
  • plumbable
  • plombe
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