Where does “plunjun” come from?

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

plunjun (Old French): loon

Definitions

  1. loon

Ancestry of “plunjun”, step by step

plunjun traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old French plungier

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old FrenchplungierAlternative form of plongier
2Old Frenchplongierto dive; to plunge; to press in; to push in; to...
3Latinplumbicare
4Latinplumbumlead; ball of lead; pipe of lead
5Ancient Greekμόλυβδοςlead; graphite
6Proto-Indo-Europeanmorkʷ-iyo-

via Old French un

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchuna, an; one
2Latinūnusone, single
3Old Latinoinosone
4Proto-Italicoinoscardinal number 1 Previous: n/a Next: *duō;...
5Proto-Indo-Europeanóynosone; single
Every word from Proto-Indo-European morkʷ-iyo-Every word from Ancient Greek μόλυβδοςEvery word from Latin plumbum
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