Etymology

pneumoactivate

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Today it means: To activate (or become activated) within the lungs Full definition →

English activate ← Middle English actyf ← Old French actif
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*plew-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*pléwmō
  3. Ancient Greekπλεύμων (pleúmōn)
  4. Ancient Greekπνέω (pnéō)influ.
  5. Ancient Greekπνεῦμα (pneûma)influ.
  6. Ancient Greekπνεύμων (pneúmōn)
  7. Englishpneumo-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*h₂eǵ-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*h₂éǵeti
  10. Proto-Italic*agō
  11. Latinagō
  12. Ancient Greekἐνεργητικός (energētikós)
  13. Latināctīvu
  14. Old Frenchactif
  15. Middle Englishactyf
  16. Englishactive
  17. Englishactivate
  18. English todaypneumoactivate

From pneumo- + activate.

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