Where does “pneumonia” come from?
Pneumonia derives from Ancient Greek πνευμονία, a noun formed with the suffix -ία from πλεύμων, which comes from Proto-Indo-European pléwmō, rooted in plew-.
pneumonia (English): An acute or chronic inflammation of the lungs...
Definitions
- An acute or chronic inflammation of the lungs...
Ancestry of “pneumonia”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Ancient Greek | πνευμονία | a disease of the lungs |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | πνεύμων | lung; kind of a mollusk |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | πλεύμων | lung |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | pléwmō | lung, floater |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | plew- | to fly, flow, run |
Words derived from “pneumonia”