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

  1. An acute or chronic inflammation of the lungs...

Ancestry of “pneumonia”, step by step

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

Words derived from “pneumonia”

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