Where does “pneumothorax” come from?

Pneumothorax is a Modern English compound of Ancient Greek πνεύμων (breath) and θώραξ (chest), derived from Proto-Indo-European pléwmō and plew- respectively.

pneumothorax (English): Presence of air inside the pleural cavity,...

Definitions

Presence of air inside the pleural cavity,...

Ancestry of “pneumothorax”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	English	pneumo-	Relating to 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 “pneumothorax”

hydropneumothorax
pyopneumothorax
hidropneumotorax

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