Where does “pulmograde” come from?

pulmograde (English) comes from Latin pulmō, from Ancient Greek -λογία, from Ancient Greek λόγος, from Ancient Greek λέγω, from Proto-Indo-European leǵ- — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...

pulmograde (English): Swimming by means of expansion and contraction

Definitions

  1. Swimming by means of expansion and contraction

Ancestry of “pulmograde”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinpulmōA lung
2Ancient Greek-λογίαBase for nouns denoting the study of something,...
3Ancient GreekλόγοςThat which is said: word, sentence, speech,...
4Ancient GreekλέγωI put in order, arrange, gather; I choose, count,...
5Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European leǵ-Every word from Ancient Greek -λογίαEvery word from Ancient Greek λέγω