Where does “pneumonitis” come from?

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

Ancestry of “pneumonitis”, step by step

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

Words derived from “pneumonitis”

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