Where does “plongier” come from?

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

plongier (Old French): to dive; to plunge; to press in; to push in; to...

Definitions

  1. to dive; to plunge; to press in; to push in; to...

Ancestry of “plongier”, step by step

plongier traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin plumbicare

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

via Latin plumbicō

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinplumbicō—

Words derived from “plongier”

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