Where does “pneumococcosis” come from?

pneumococcosis (English) comes 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.

pneumococcosis (English): Any of various diseases caused by pneumococcus (for example, pneumococcal pneumonia, pneumococcal sepsis, and pneumococcal meningitis)

Definitions

  1. Any of various diseases caused by pneumococcus (for example, pneumococcal pneumonia, pneumococcal sepsis, and pneumococcal meningitis)

Ancestry of “pneumococcosis”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishpneumococcusA gram-positive bacterium, "Streptococcus...
2Englishpneumo-Relating to the lungs
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-