pneumonoconiosis

The story

1. French · derived frompneumonokoniose
2. German · derived from-osis“disease”
3. Ancient Greek · derived fromκόνις“dust”
4. German · borrowed fromPneumonokoniosis
5. English todaypneumonoconiosis

From German Pneumonokoniosis (1867), from Pneumono- (“lung”) + Ancient Greek κόνις (kónis, “dust”) + German -osis (“disease”). In the earliest attestation (1878), after French pneumonokoniose (1878 or earlier). By surface analysis, pneumono- (“lung”) + coniosis (“disease caused by the inhalation of dust”).

Words from the same roots