Where does “rheumatism” come from?
Rheumatism comes from Latin rheumatismus, from Ancient Greek ῥευματισμός, derived from the verb ῥευματίζομαι and the noun ῥεῦμα meaning flow or stream, ultimately from the root ῥέω meaning to flow.
rheumatism (English): Any disorder of the muscles, tendons, joints,...
Definitions
- Any disorder of the muscles, tendons, joints,...
Ancestry of “rheumatism”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | rheumatismus | rheum |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | ῥευματισμός | humour, discharge, rheum |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | ῥευματίζομαι | I suffer from a rheum |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | ῥεῦμα | stream, flow, current |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | ῥέω | I flow, stream, run, gush; I let flow, pour; I... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | srew- | to flow, stream |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ser- | to flow; to guard; to bind, to tie together |
Words derived from “rheumatism”