Where does “pneumotherapeutics” come from?

pneumotherapeutics (English) comes 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.

pneumotherapeutics (English): The use of pneumotherapy

Definitions

  1. The use of pneumotherapy

Ancestry of “pneumotherapeutics”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishpneumo-Relating to the lungs
2Ancient Greekπνεύμωνlung; kind of a mollusk
3Ancient Greekπλεύμωνlung
4Proto-Indo-Europeanpléwmōlung, floater
5Proto-Indo-Europeanplew-to fly, flow, run
Every word from Proto-Indo-European plew-Every word from Proto-Indo-European pléwmōEvery word from Ancient Greek πλεύμων
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