emphysema

The story

1. Middle French · borrowed fromemphysema
2. Ancient Greek · derived fromἐμφῡ́σημα
3. Latin · borrowed fromemphȳsēma“swelling”
4. English todayemphysema

Multiple origins. Partially from post-Classical Latin emphȳsēma (“swelling”), from Ancient Greek ἐμφῡ́σημα (emphū́sēma), from ἐμφῡσάω (emphūsáō, “to puff up”). Also borrowed from Middle French emphysema, from the same Latin source; compare French emphysème. Attested from the late 16th century.