Where does “tachypnoeic” come from?

tachypnoeic (English) comes from English tachypnoea, from English -pnea, from Ancient Greek -πνοια, from Ancient Greek πνοή, from Ancient Greek -ή, from Ancient Greek -ᾱ, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂.

tachypnoeic (English): Exhibiting tachypnoea; hyperventilating

Definitions

  1. Exhibiting tachypnoea; hyperventilating

Ancestry of “tachypnoeic”, step by step

tachypnoeic traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English tachypnoea

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishtachypnoeaHyperventilation
2English-pneabreathing, respiration
3Ancient Greek-πνοια—
4Ancient Greekπνοήbreath
5Ancient Greek-ήsuffix of feminine nouns in the [[Appendix:Ancient Greek first declension
6Ancient Greek-ᾱnominal suffix
7Proto-Indo-European-éh₂—

via English ic

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishicrelated or pertaining to; having the character of
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂ →Every word from Ancient Greek -ή →Every word from Ancient Greek -ᾱ →