Where does “prumo” come from?

prumo (Portuguese) comes from Latin plumbum, from Ancient Greek μόλυβδος, from Proto-Indo-European morkʷ-iyo-.

prumo (Portuguese): plummet

Definitions

  1. plummet

Ancestry of “prumo”, step by step

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

Words derived from “prumo”

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