Where does “Plumbuita” come from?

Plumbuita (Romanian) comes from Romanian plumbuit, from Romanian plumb, from Latin plumbum, from Ancient Greek μόλυβδος, from Proto-Indo-European morkʷ-iyo-.

Ancestry of “Plumbuita”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianplumbuitsealed with lead
2Romanianplumblead; bullet, projectile; pencil
3Latinplumbumlead; ball of lead; pipe of lead
4Ancient Greekμόλυβδοςlead; graphite
5Proto-Indo-Europeanmorkʷ-iyo-
Every word from Proto-Indo-European morkʷ-iyo-Every word from Ancient Greek μόλυβδοςEvery word from Latin plumbum
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