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Where does “Rheumatismus” come from?

Rheumatismus (German) comes from Latin rheumatismus, from Ancient Greek ῥευματισμός, from Ancient Greek ῥευματίζομαι, from Ancient Greek ῥεῦμα, from Ancient Greek ῥέω, from Proto-Indo-European srew-, from Proto-Indo-European ser- — to flow; to guard; to bind, to tie together.

Rheumatismus (German): rheumatism

Definitions

  1. rheumatism

Ancestry of “Rheumatismus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinrheumatismusrheum
2Ancient Greekῥευματισμόςhumour, discharge, rheum
3Ancient GreekῥευματίζομαιI suffer from a rheum
4Ancient Greekῥεῦμαstream, flow, current
5Ancient GreekῥέωI flow, stream, run, gush; I let flow, pour; I...
6Proto-Indo-Europeansrew-to flow, stream
7Proto-Indo-Europeanser-to flow; to guard; to bind, to tie together

Words derived from “Rheumatismus”

  • ревматизм
  • revmatizm
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ser- →