Where does “plom” come from?
plom (Old French) comes from Latin plumbum, from Ancient Greek μόλυβδος, from Proto-Indo-European morkʷ-iyo-.
Ancestry of “plom”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | plumbum | lead; ball of lead; pipe of lead |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | μόλυβδος | lead; graphite |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | morkʷ-iyo- | — |