Where does “запломбировать” come from?
запломбировать (Russian) comes from Russian пломбировать, from Russian пломба, from German Plombe, from French plombe, from French plomber, from French plomb, from Middle French plom, from Old French plom.
запломбировать (Russian): (a tooth) to stop, to fill
Definitions
- (a tooth) to stop, to fill
Ancestry of “запломбировать”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | пломбировать | (a tooth) to stop, to fill |
| 2 | Russian | пломба | lead, seal, stamp; filling, stopping, inlay, plug |
| 3 | German | Plombe | seal, lead seal; filling |
| 4 | French | plombe | ages, a long time; first-person singular present... |
| 5 | French | plomber | to fill with lead, to weigh down with lead; to... |
| 6 | French | plomb | lead; fuse; sinker |
| 7 | Middle French | plom | lead |
| 8 | Old French | plom | — |
| 9 | Latin | plumbum | lead; ball of lead; pipe of lead |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | μόλυβδος | lead; graphite |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | morkʷ-iyo- | — |