Where does “pneumococ” come from?

pneumococ (Romanian) comes from French pneumocoque, 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.

pneumococ (Romanian): pneumococcus

Definitions

  1. pneumococcus

Ancestry of “pneumococ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchpneumocoquepneumococcus
2Frenchpneumo-pneumo
3Ancient Greekπνεύμωνlung; kind of a mollusk
4Ancient Greekπλεύμωνlung
5Proto-Indo-Europeanpléwmōlung, floater
6Proto-Indo-Europeanplew-to fly, flow, run

Words derived from “pneumococ”

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