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Where does “plumburiu” come from?

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

plumburiu (Romanian): lead-colored; leaden-hued; murky

Definitions

  1. lead-colored; leaden-hued; murky

Ancestry of “plumburiu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianplumblead; bullet, projectile; pencil
2Latinplumbumlead; ball of lead; pipe of lead
3Ancient Greekμόλυβδοςlead; graphite
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmorkʷ-iyo-—
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