Where does “plomb” come from?

plomb (Swedish) comes from French plomb, from Middle French plom, from Old French plom, from Latin plumbum, from Ancient Greek μόλυβδος, from Proto-Indo-European morkʷ-iyo-.

plomb (Swedish): a (lead) seal (to seal a package)

Definitions

  1. a (lead) seal (to seal a package)

Ancestry of “plomb”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchplomblead; fuse; sinker
2Middle Frenchplomlead
3Old Frenchplom—
4Latinplumbumlead; ball of lead; pipe of lead
5Ancient Greekμόλυβδοςlead; graphite
6Proto-Indo-Europeanmorkʷ-iyo-—

Words derived from “plomb”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European morkʷ-iyo- →Every word from Ancient Greek μόλυβδος →Every word from Latin plumbum →
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