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Where does “plungier” come from?

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

plungier (Old French): Alternative form of plongier

Definitions

  1. Alternative form of plongier

Ancestry of “plungier”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchplongierto dive; to plunge; to press in; to push in; to...
2Latinplumbicare—
3Latinplumbumlead; ball of lead; pipe of lead
4Ancient Greekμόλυβδοςlead; graphite
5Proto-Indo-Europeanmorkʷ-iyo-—

Words derived from “plungier”

  • plunge
  • plunging
  • plunger
  • replunge
  • plungeth
  • plungingly
  • plungest
  • plungerlike
  • autoplunger
  • implunge
  • plungerless
  • plounce
  • plungen
  • ploungen
  • plunjun
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