Where does “pulmonar” come from?

pulmonar (Asturian) comes from Asturian pulmón, 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.

pulmonar (Asturian): pulmonary

Definitions

  1. pulmonary

Ancestry of “pulmonar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Asturianpulmónlung
2LatinpulmoA lung; A lunglike marine animal; a sea-lung,...
3Ancient Greekπνεύμωνlung; kind of a mollusk
4Ancient Greekπλεύμωνlung
5Proto-Indo-Europeanpléwmōlung, floater
6Proto-Indo-Europeanplew-to fly, flow, run
Every word from Proto-Indo-European plew-Every word from Proto-Indo-European pléwmōEvery word from Ancient Greek πλεύμων
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