Where does “ċomb” come from?

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

ċomb (Maltese): lead

Definitions

  1. lead

Ancestry of “ċomb”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sicilianchiummulead (metal)
2Latinplumbumlead; ball of lead; pipe of lead
3Ancient Greekμόλυβδοςlead; graphite
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmorkʷ-iyo-—

Words derived from “ċomb”

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