Where does “pulmón” come from?

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

pulmón (Asturian): lung

Definitions

  1. lung

Ancestry of “pulmón”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinpulmoA lung; A lunglike marine animal; a sea-lung,...
2Ancient Greekπνεύμωνlung; kind of a mollusk
3Ancient Greekπλεύμωνlung
4Proto-Indo-Europeanpléwmōlung, floater
5Proto-Indo-Europeanplew-to fly, flow, run

Words derived from “pulmón”

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