Where does “bronchopneumonia” come from?

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

bronchopneumonia (English): A bacterial infection of the lungs,...

Definitions

  1. A bacterial infection of the lungs,...

Ancestry of “bronchopneumonia”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishpneumoniaAn acute or chronic inflammation of the lungs...
2Ancient Greekπνευμονίαa disease of the lungs
3Ancient Greekπνεύμωνlung; kind of a mollusk
4Ancient Greekπλεύμωνlung
5Proto-Indo-Europeanpléwmōlung, floater
6Proto-Indo-Europeanplew-to fly, flow, run

Words derived from “bronchopneumonia”

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