Where does “pneumonia” come from?
pneumonia (Portuguese) comes from Medieval Latin pneumonia, 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.
pneumonia (Portuguese): pneumonia
Ancestry of “pneumonia”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Medieval Latin | pneumonia | — |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | πνευμονία | a disease of the lungs |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | πνεύμων | lung; kind of a mollusk |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | πλεύμων | lung |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | pléwmō | lung, floater |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | plew- | to fly, flow, run |