Where does “pulmão” come from?

pulmão (Portuguese) comes from Latin pulmōnem, from Proto-Indo-European pléwmō, from Proto-Indo-European plew- — to fly, flow, run.

pulmão (Portuguese): lung

Definitions

  1. lung

Ancestry of “pulmão”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinpulmōnem—
2Proto-Indo-Europeanpléwmōlung, floater
3Proto-Indo-Europeanplew-to fly, flow, run

Words derived from “pulmão”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European plew- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European pléwmō →Every word from Latin pulmōnem →