Where does “miasmă” come from?

miasmă (Romanian) comes from French miasme, from Ancient Greek μίασμα, from Ancient Greek μιαίνω, from Proto-Indo-European smei- — to smear.

miasmă (Romanian): miasma

Definitions

  1. miasma

Ancestry of “miasmă”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchmiasmemiasma
2Ancient Greekμίασμαpollution, defilement; shameful action, crime
3Ancient GreekμιαίνωI paint; I stain, defile, pollute
4Proto-Indo-Europeansmei-to smear
Every word from Proto-Indo-European smei- →Every word from Ancient Greek μιαίνω →Every word from Ancient Greek μίασμα →