Where does “plumbum” come from?

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

plumbum (Latin): lead; ball of lead; pipe of lead

Definitions

  1. lead; ball of lead; pipe of lead

Ancestry of “plumbum”, step by step

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

Words derived from “plumbum”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European morkʷ-iyo- →