Where does “plomb” come from?

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

plomb (Occitan): lead

Definitions

  1. lead

Ancestry of “plomb”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Occitanplomlead
2Latinplumbumlead; ball of lead; pipe of lead
3Ancient Greekμόλυβδοςlead; graphite
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmorkʷ-iyo-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European morkʷ-iyo- →Every word from Ancient Greek μόλυβδος →Every word from Latin plumbum →