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