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Where does “pneumopathie” come from?

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

pneumopathie (French): pneumonia

Definitions

  1. pneumonia

Ancestry of “pneumopathie”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchpneumo-pneumo-
2Ancient Greekπνεύμωνlung; kind of a mollusk
3Ancient Greekπλεύμωνlung
4Proto-Indo-Europeanpléwmōlung, floater
5Proto-Indo-Europeanplew-to fly, flow, run
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