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Where does “молибде́н” come from?

молибде́н (Russian) comes from New Latin molybdaenum, from Latin molybdaena, from Ancient Greek μόλυβδος, from Proto-Indo-European morkʷ-iyo-.

Ancestry of “молибде́н”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1New Latinmolybdaenummolybdenum
2Latinmolybdaenanominative plural of molybdaenum; accusative...
3Ancient Greekμόλυβδοςlead; graphite
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmorkʷ-iyo-—

Words derived from “молибде́н”

  • մոլիբդեն
  • молибден
Every word from Proto-Indo-European morkʷ-iyo- →