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From New Latin molybdaena (“any of various substances resembling lead, including lead かつ molybdenum, their sulphides, かつ graphite”), from Ancient Greek μολύβδαινα (molúbdaina, “a plummet”), from μόλυβδος (mólubdos, “lead; graphite”), from an Anatolian word cognate with Lydian (mariwda, “dark”), from Proto-Indo-European *morkʷ-iyo-, from a root *morkʷ- (“dark”).
Attested since the last quarter of 18th century.