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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”).

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    pneumo-

    1. Relating to the lungs.
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    Etymology 2

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

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    pneumo-

    1. Relating to air.

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    • “Pneumo-” listed on page 1,033 of volume 7 (O–P) of A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles [1ˢᵗ Ed.; 1909]
        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 [2ⁿᵈ Ed.; 1989]
        /pnjuːməʊ-, njuː-/
    • “pneumo-, comb. form” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [draft revision; Mar. 2010]
        Apparently partly from Hellenistic and Byzantine Greek πνευμο-, rare combining form of both ancient Greek πνεῦμα and πνεύμων[.]

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    pneumo-

    1. pneumo-

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    Dutch

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    pneumo-

    1. pneumo-

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    French

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    Etymology

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

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    pneumo-

    1. pneumo-

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

    Italian

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    pneumo-

    1. pneumo-

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    Polish

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    pneumo-

    1. pneumo-

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    • pneumo- in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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    • (Brazil) IPA(key): /pnew.mo/ [pneʊ̯.mo], /pi.new.mo/ [pi.neʊ̯.mo]
      • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /pnew.mo/ [pneʊ̯.mo]

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    pneumo-

    1. pneumo-

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    Romanian

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    Etymology

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

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    pneumo-

    1. pneumo-

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