Where does “plombagină” come from?

plombagină (Romanian) comes from French plombagine, from Latin plumbāgō, from Latin agō, from Proto-Italic agō, from Proto-Indo-European h₂éǵeti, from Proto-Indo-European h₂eǵ- — to drive.

plombagină (Romanian): graphite

Definitions

  1. graphite

Ancestry of “plombagină”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchplombaginegraphite
2Latinplumbāgōgraphite
3Latinagōto act, to behave
4Proto-Italicagōdrive; push, impel; do, act
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂éǵetito be driving
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂eǵ-to drive
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂eǵ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂éǵeti →Every word from Proto-Italic agō →