Where does “pulmonology” come from?

pulmonology (English) comes 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.

pulmonology (English): The branch of medicine dealing with diseases of...

Definitions

  1. The branch of medicine dealing with diseases of...

Ancestry of “pulmonology”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinpulmōA lung
2Ancient Greekπνεύμωνlung; kind of a mollusk
3Ancient Greekπλεύμωνlung
4Proto-Indo-Europeanpléwmōlung, floater
5Proto-Indo-Europeanplew-to fly, flow, run

Words derived from “pulmonology”

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