rheumatic

The story

1. Ancient Greek · derived fromῥευματικός
2. Medieval Latin · derived fromreumaticus
3. Latin · derived fromrheumaticus
4. Middle French · derived fromreumatique
5. Middle English · inherited fromreumatic, reumatik, rewmatik, rewmetike
6. English todayrheumatic

From Middle English reumatic, reumatik, rewmatik, rewmetike, from Middle French reumatique and its etymon Latin rheumaticus (Medieval Latin reumaticus), from Ancient Greek ῥευματικός (rheumatikós), from ῥεῦμα (rheûma, “stream, flow”) from ῥέω (rhéō, “to flow”).