Where does “reumatism” come from?
reumatism (Romanian) comes from Italian reumatismo, from Latin rheumatismus, from Ancient Greek ῥευματισμός, from Ancient Greek ῥευματίζομαι, from Ancient Greek ῥεῦμα, from Ancient Greek ῥέω, from Proto-Indo-European srew-, from Proto-Indo-European ser- — to flow; to guard; to bind, to tie together.
reumatism (Romanian): rheumatism
Ancestry of “reumatism”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Italian | reumatismo | rheumatism |
| 2 | Latin | rheumatismus | rheum |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | ῥευματισμός | humour, discharge, rheum |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | ῥευματίζομαι | I suffer from a rheum |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | ῥεῦμα | stream, flow, current |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | ῥέω | I flow, stream, run, gush; I let flow, pour; I... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | srew- | to flow, stream |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ser- | to flow; to guard; to bind, to tie together |