Meanings
pneumo-1
pneumo-2
Origin
pneumo- · prefix
- Proto-Indo-European*plew-
- Proto-Indo-European*pléwmō
- Ancient Greekπλεύμων (pleúmōn)
- Ancient Greekπνέω (pnéō)influ.
- Ancient Greekπνεῦμα (pneûma)influ.
- Ancient Greekπνεύμων (pneúmōn)
- Englishpneumo-
Derived from Ancient Greek πνεύμων (pneúmōn, “a lung”).
More words from Ancient Greek
Full word history & related roots →pneumo- · prefix
- Proto-Indo-European*pnew-
- Proto-Indo-European*pnéwmn̥
- Proto-Hellenic*pnéumə
- Ancient Greekπνεῦμα (pneûma)
- Englishpneumo-
Derived from Ancient Greek πνεῦμα (pneûma, “wind, breeze, breath, spirit”).
More words from Ancient Greek
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Catalan pneumo-
- pneumo-relating to the lungs
Dutch pneumo-
- pneumo-relating to the lungs
French pneumo-
- pneumo-relating to the lungs
Greek πνευμο-
- πνευμο- (pnevmo-)relating to the lungs
Italian pneumo-
- pneumo-relating to the lungs
Persian پنوموـ
- پنوموـ (penomo-)relating to the lungs
Polish pneumo-, pneumo-
- pneumo-relating to the lungs
- pneumo-relating to air
Portuguese pneumo-
- pneumo-relating to the lungs
Romanian pneumo-
- pneumo-relating to the lungs
Spanish neumo-
- neumo-relating to the lungs
Turkish pnömo-
- pnömo-relating to the lungs
Cite this entry
APA
pneumo-. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pneumo-
MLA
“pneumo-.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pneumo-. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pneumo-,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pneumo-.
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