Where does “molibdēns” come from?

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

molibdēns (Latvian): molybdenum

Definitions

  1. molybdenum

Ancestry of “molibdēns”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinmolybdaenummolybdenum
2Ancient Greekμόλυβδοςlead; graphite
3Proto-Indo-Europeanmorkʷ-iyo-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European morkʷ-iyo- →Every word from Ancient Greek μόλυβδος →Every word from Latin molybdaenum →