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What is the true name of lead?

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Anonymous

17y ago
Updated: 8/17/2019

In English, it is called "lead", but in Latin the word was "plumbum". From this, we also get the word "Plumbing", because pipes in Roman days were made of lead, and the word "plumb", which means "vertical". This is from the lead weight (plumb bob) used to mark a vertical line on a wall.

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17y ago

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