Where does “rhinopneumonitis” come from?
rhinopneumonitis (English) comes from English pneumonitis, from Latin pneumonitis, from Ancient Greek πνεύμων, from Ancient Greek πλεύμων, from Proto-Indo-European pléwmō, from Proto-Indo-European plew- — to fly, flow, run.
rhinopneumonitis (English): inflammation of the nasal passages and of the lungs
Definitions
- inflammation of the nasal passages and of the lungs
Ancestry of “rhinopneumonitis”, step by step
rhinopneumonitis traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English pneumonitis
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | pneumonitis | Inflammation of the tissue of the lungs |
| 2 | Latin | pneumonitis | — |
| 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 rhino
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | rhino | A rhinoceros; money |
| 2 | English | rhinoceros | Any of several large herbivorous pachyderms... |
| 3 | Latin | rhīnocerōs | A rhinoceros |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | ῥινόκερως | rhinoceros |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | κέρας | horn; horn as a material, or anything made of... |
| 6 | Proto-Hellenic | *kérats | — |