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Where does “plumbaginem” come from?

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

plumbaginem (Latin): accusative singular of plumbāgō

Definitions

  1. accusative singular of plumbāgō

Ancestry of “plumbaginem”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinplumbagographite; the color of graphite; leadwort
2Latinplumbumlead; ball of lead; pipe of lead
3Ancient Greekμόλυβδοςlead; graphite
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmorkʷ-iyo-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European morkʷ-iyo- →