pneum-
English
Etymology
Partly from erroneous abbreviation of the fuller forms within English, and partly from the Koine and (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Byzantine Greek πνεῠμο- (pneumo-), a rare combining form of both the (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek πνεῠ́μων (pneúmōn, “lung”) and the (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek πνεῦμᾰ (pneûma, “air”, “wind”, “breath”, “spirit”); compare the (deprecated template usage) [etyl] French, (deprecated template usage) [etyl] German, and post-Classical Latin pneumo- ⁽ᶠʳ⁾ ⁽ᵈᵉ⁾ ⁽ˡᵃ⁾.
Pronunciation
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Prefix
pneum-
Usage notes
- When combined with a word or another affix which begins with a consonant, this prefix concatenates with -o- (as pneumo-).
Derived terms
Category English terms prefixed with pneum- not found
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[.]