Etymology

pneumono-

Ancient Greek πνεύμων (pneúmōn) ← Proto-Indo-European *pléwmō
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  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. English todaypneumono-

From Ancient Greek πνεύμων (pneúmōn, “lung”) + English -o-.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.