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Where does “plummier” come from?

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

plummier (Old French): plumber

Definitions

  1. plumber

Ancestry of “plummier”, step by step

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

Words derived from “plummier”

  • plumber
  • nonplumber
  • plumberless
  • plama
Every word from Proto-Indo-European morkʷ-iyo- →