Etymology

pleurisy

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Today it means: Inflammation of lung pleura. Full definition →

Middle English pleuresi ← Old French pleuresie ← Late Latin pleurisis
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  1. Latin · derived frompleuritis
  2. Late Latin · derived frompleurisis
  3. Old French · derived frompleuresie
  4. Middle English · inherited frompleuresi
  5. English todaypleurisy

From Middle English pleuresi, pleresye, that borrowed from Old French pleuresie (French pleurésie), from Late Latin pleurisis, alteration of Latin pleuritis. By surface analysis, pleur- + -isy.

Words from the same roots

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