Where does “pneumothorax” come from?

pneumothorax (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.

pneumothorax (French): pneumothorax

Definitions

  1. pneumothorax

Ancestry of “pneumothorax”, 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

Words derived from “pneumothorax”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European plew- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European pléwmō →Every word from Ancient Greek πλεύμων →