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Where does “antipneumococcic” come from?

antipneumococcic (English) comes from English pneumococcic, from English pneumococcus, from English pneumo-, from Ancient Greek πνεύμων, from Ancient Greek πλεύμων, from Proto-Indo-European pléwmō, from Proto-Indo-European plew- — to fly, flow, run.

antipneumococcic (English): Acting against pneumococcus

Definitions

  1. Acting against pneumococcus

Ancestry of “antipneumococcic”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishpneumococcicOf, pertaining to or caused by a pneumococcus...
2EnglishpneumococcusA gram-positive bacterium, "Streptococcus...
3Englishpneumo-Relating to the lungs
4Ancient Greekπνεύμωνlung; kind of a mollusk
5Ancient Greekπλεύμωνlung
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpléwmōlung, floater
7Proto-Indo-Europeanplew-to fly, flow, run
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