Where does “pulmonologic” come from?
pulmonologic (English) comes from English pulmonology, from Latin pulmō, from Ancient Greek πνεύμων, from Ancient Greek πλεύμων, from Proto-Indo-European pléwmō, from Proto-Indo-European plew- — to fly, flow, run.
Ancestry of “pulmonologic”, step by step
pulmonologic traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English pulmonology
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | pulmonology | The branch of medicine dealing with diseases of... |
| 2 | Latin | pulmō | A lung |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | πνεύμων | lung; kind of a mollusk |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | πλεύμων | lung |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | pléwmō | lung, floater |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | plew- | to fly, flow, run |
via English ic
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ic | related or pertaining to; having the character of |