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Where does “pneumonique” come from?

pneumonique (French) comes from French pneumonie, from Ancient Greek πνευμονία, from Ancient Greek πνεύμων, from Ancient Greek πλεύμων, from Proto-Indo-European pléwmō, from Proto-Indo-European plew- — to fly, flow, run.

pneumonique (French): pneumonic

Definitions

  1. pneumonic

Ancestry of “pneumonique”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchpneumoniepneumonia
2Ancient Greekπνευμονίαa disease of the lungs
3Ancient Greekπνεύμωνlung; kind of a mollusk
4Ancient Greekπλεύμωνlung
5Proto-Indo-Europeanpléwmōlung, floater
6Proto-Indo-Europeanplew-to fly, flow, run
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