Where does “dyspnea” come from?
Dyspnea comes from Ancient Greek δυσ- (dys-, "bad") combined with -pnea, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European dēwǝ- meaning "to blow" or "breathe."
dyspnea (English): Difficult or labored respiration; shortness of...
Definitions
- Difficult or labored respiration; shortness of...
Ancestry of “dyspnea”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | dyspnoea | Alternative spelling of dyspnea |
| 2 | Latin | dyspnoea | dyspnea |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | δύσπνοια | difficulty breathing, shortness of breath;... |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | δύσπνοος | short of breath, breathing with difficulty |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | δῠσ- | bad, unfortunate |
| 6 | Latin | calculāre | — |
| 7 | Latin | calculus | diminutive of calx; pebble, stone; reckoning,... |
| 8 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |