Where does “pneumo-” come from?

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

pneumo- (Romanian): pneumo

Definitions

  1. pneumo

Ancestry of “pneumo-”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchpneumo-pneumo
2Ancient Greekπνεύμωνlung; kind of a mollusk
3Ancient Greekπλεύμωνlung
4Proto-Indo-Europeanpléwmōlung, floater
5Proto-Indo-Europeanplew-to fly, flow, run
Every word from Proto-Indo-European plew- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European pléwmō →Every word from Ancient Greek πλεύμων →