Etymology

plumbism

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Today it means: Synonym of lead poisoning. Full definition →

Latin plumbum
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromplumbum“lead”
  2. English todayplumbism

From Latin plumbum (“lead”) + -ism.

Words from the same roots

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