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Where does “antirreumático” come from?

antirreumático (Spanish) comes from Spanish reumático, from Latin rheumaticus, from Ancient Greek ῥευματικός, 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.

antirreumático (Spanish): antirheumatic

Definitions

  1. antirheumatic

Ancestry of “antirreumático”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishreumáticorheumatic
2Latinrheumaticustroubled with rheum
3Ancient Greekῥευματικός—
4Ancient Greekῥεῦμαstream, flow, current
5Ancient GreekῥέωI flow, stream, run, gush; I let flow, pour; I...
6Proto-Indo-Europeansrew-to flow, stream
7Proto-Indo-Europeanser-to flow; to guard; to bind, to tie together
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