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In classical Latin, the word for lead is plumbum.

You can see that the term "plumber" is derived directly from the Latin, even though modern water pipes are not made of lead. For many hundreds of years lead was the usual metal for household water pipes, until science showed the severe dangers to health involved in its use.

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