apnea

The story

1. Ancient Greek · derived fromἄπνοια
2. New Latin · derived fromapnoea
3. English todayapnea

From a- + -pnea, from the New Latin apnoea, from the Ancient Greek ἄπνοια (ápnoia), formed from ἀ- (a-, “absence of”) + πνοή (pnoḗ, “breathing”).

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