Where does “πνευμονία” come from?

πνευμονία (Ancient Greek) comes from Ancient Greek πνεύμων, from Ancient Greek πλεύμων, from Proto-Indo-European pléwmō, from Proto-Indo-European plew- — to fly, flow, run.

πνευμονία (Ancient Greek): a disease of the lungs

Definitions

  1. a disease of the lungs

Ancestry of “πνευμονία”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekπνεύμωνlung; kind of a mollusk
2Ancient Greekπλεύμωνlung
3Proto-Indo-Europeanpléwmōlung, floater
4Proto-Indo-Europeanplew-to fly, flow, run

Words derived from “πνευμονία”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European plew- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European pléwmō →Every word from Ancient Greek πλεύμων →