Where does “pneumonitis” come from?
Pneumonitis is an English medical term derived from Latin pneumonitis, referring to inflammation of the lungs.
pneumonitis (English): Inflammation of the tissue of the lungs
Definitions
- Inflammation of the tissue of the lungs
Ancestry of “pneumonitis”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | pneumonitis | — |
| 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 “pneumonitis”