The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromπταρμός“sneeze”
- English todayphotoptarmosis
From photo- + Ancient Greek πταρμός (ptarmós, “sneeze”) + -osis.
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekπταρμός all →
ptarmicptarmoscopyptarmus
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.