pneumo-

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Etymology 1

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    Proto-Indo-European *plew-
    Proto-Indo-European *-mō
    Proto-Indo-European *pléwmō
    Ancient Greek πλεύμων (pleúmōn)
    Proto-Indo-European *pnew-
    Ancient Greek πνέω (pnéō)influ.
    Proto-Indo-European *pnew-
    Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥
    Proto-Indo-European *pnéwmn̥
    Ancient Greek πνεῦμα (pneûma)influ.
    Ancient Greek πνεύμων (pneúmōn)bor.
    English pneumo-

    From Ancient Greek πνεύμων (pneúmōn, “lung”).

    Alternative forms

    Prefix

    pneumo-

    1. Relating to the lungs.
    Translations

    Etymology 2

    From Ancient Greek πνεῦμα (pneûma, “air”).

    Alternative forms

    Prefix

    pneumo-

    1. Relating to air.

    Derived terms

    English terms prefixed with pneumo-

    References

    • “Pneumo-” listed on page 1,033 of volume 7 (O–P) of A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles
        Pneumo- (pniūmo-, niū-), combining form and verbal element, a. Gr. πνεῦμα wind, spirit, etc. (see Pneuma), = the fuller form Pneumato- (cf. Gr. αἱμο- = αἱματο-, etc.), in various scientific terms. b. Short for pneumono-, f. Gr. πνεύμων, -μον-, lung; chiefly in terms of pathology, most of which occur also in the fuller form Pneumono-.
    • “pneumo-” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary
        /pnjuːməʊ-, njuː-/
    • “pneumo-, comb. form” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary
        Apparently partly from Hellenistic and Byzantine Greek πνευμο-, rare combining form of both ancient Greek πνεῦμα and πνεύμων

    Catalan

    Pronunciation

    Prefix

    pneumo-

    1. pneumo-

    Derived terms

    Catalan terms prefixed with pneumo-

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    Dutch

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    Prefix

    pneumo-

    1. pneumo-

    Derived terms

    Dutch terms prefixed with pneumo-

    French

    Etymology

    From Ancient Greek πνεύμων (pneúmōn, “lung”).

    Pronunciation

    Prefix

    pneumo-

    1. pneumo-

    Derived terms

    French terms prefixed with pneumo-

    Descendants

    • → Persian: پنوموـ (penomo-)
    • → Romanian: pneumo-
    • → Turkish: pnömo-

    Italian

    Prefix

    pneumo-

    1. pneumo-

    Derived terms

    Italian terms prefixed with pneumo-

    Polish

    Pronunciation

    Prefix

    pneumo-

    1. pneumo-

    Derived terms

    Polish terms prefixed with pneumo-

    Further reading

    • pneumo- in Polish dictionaries at PWN

    Portuguese

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    Prefix

    pneumo-

    1. pneumo-

    Derived terms

    Portuguese terms prefixed with pneumo-

    Romanian

    Etymology

    Borrowed from French pneumo-, from Ancient Greek πνεύμων (pneúmōn, “lung”).

    Prefix

    pneumo-

    1. pneumo-

    Derived terms

    Romanian terms prefixed with pneumo-
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