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Where does “pulmo” come from?

pulmo (Esperanto) comes from Latin pulmō, from Ancient Greek -λογία, from Ancient Greek λόγος, from Ancient Greek λέγω, from Proto-Indo-European leǵ- — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...

pulmo (Esperanto): lung

Definitions

  1. lung

Ancestry of “pulmo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinpulmō—
2Ancient Greek-λογίαBase for nouns denoting the study of something,...
3Ancient GreekλόγοςThat which is said: word, sentence, speech,...
4Ancient GreekλέγωI put in order, arrange, gather; I choose, count,...
5Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...

Words derived from “pulmo”

  • pulmon
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