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
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”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ser- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European srew- →Every word from Ancient Greek ῥέω →