pneumo-

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /(p)njuːməʊ/
• (US) IPA^(key): /numoʊ/

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *plew-

Proto-Indo-European *-mō

Proto-Indo-European *pléwmō

Ancient Greek πλεύμων (pleúmōn)

Proto-Indo-European *pnew-

Ancient Greek πνέω (pnéō)influ.

Proto-Indo-European *pnew-

Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥

Proto-Indo-European *pnéwmn̥

Ancient Greek πνεῦμα (pneûma)influ.

Ancient Greek πνεύμων (pneúmōn)bor.

English pneumo-

From Ancient Greek πνεύμων (pneúmōn, “lung”).

Alternative forms

• pneumono-

Prefix

pneumo-

1. Relating to the lungs.

Translations

relating to the lungs

• Catalan: pneumo-
• Dutch: pneumo- (nl)
• French: pneumo- (fr)
• Greek: πνευμο- (pnevmo-)
• Italian: pneumo- (it)
• Persian: پنوموـ (penomo-)
• Polish: pneumo-
• Portuguese: pneumo-
• Romanian: pneumo-
• Spanish: neumo- (es)
• Turkish: pnömo-

Etymology 2

From Ancient Greek πνεῦμα (pneûma, “air”).

Alternative forms

• pneumato-

Prefix

pneumo-

1. Relating to air.

Derived terms

English terms prefixed with pneumo-

References

• “Pneumo-” listed on page 1,033 of volume 7 (O–P) of A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles [1ˢᵗ Ed.; 1909]
    Pneumo- (pniūmo-, niū-), combining form and verbal element, a. Gr. πνεῦμα wind, spirit, etc. (see Pneuma), = the fuller form Pneumato- (cf. Gr. αἱμο- = αἱματο-, etc.), in various scientific terms. b. Short for pneumono-, f. Gr. πνεύμων, -μον-, lung; chiefly in terms of pathology, most of which occur also in the fuller form Pneumono-.
• “pneumo-” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [2ⁿᵈ Ed.; 1989]
    /pnjuːməʊ-, njuː-/
• “pneumo-, comb. form” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [draft revision; Mar. 2010]
    Apparently partly from Hellenistic and Byzantine Greek πνευμο-, rare combining form of both ancient Greek πνεῦμα and πνεύμων[.]

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˌnɛw.mu]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencia) [ˌnɛw.mo]

Prefix

pneumo-

1. pneumo-

Derived terms

Catalan terms prefixed with pneumo-

Further reading

• “pneumo-” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “pneumo-” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Dutch

Pronunciation

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Prefix

pneumo-

1. pneumo-

Derived terms

Dutch terms prefixed with pneumo-

French

Etymology

From Ancient Greek πνεύμων (pneúmōn, “lung”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pnø.mo/

Prefix

pneumo-

1. pneumo-

Derived terms

French terms prefixed with pneumo-

Descendants

• → Persian: پنوموـ (penomo-)
• → Romanian: pneumo-
• → Turkish: pnömo-

Italian

Prefix

pneumo-

1. pneumo-

Derived terms

Italian terms prefixed with pneumo-

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pnɛw.mɔ/
• Rhymes: -ɛwmɔ
• Syllabification: [please specify syllabification manually]

Prefix

pneumo-

1. pneumo-

Derived terms

Polish terms prefixed with pneumo-

Further reading

• pneumo- in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pnew.mo/ [pneʊ̯.mo], /pi.new.mo/ [pi.neʊ̯.mo]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pnew.mo/ [pneʊ̯.mo], /pi.new.mo/ [pi.neʊ̯.mo]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /pnew.mo/ [pneʊ̯.mo]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌpnew.mɔ/, /pɨˌnew.mɔ/

Prefix

pneumo-

1. pneumo-

Derived terms

Portuguese terms prefixed with pneumo-

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French pneumo-, from Ancient Greek πνεύμων (pneúmōn, “lung”).

Prefix

pneumo-

1. pneumo-

Derived terms

Romanian terms prefixed with pneumo-