English
aeroemphysema
From aero- + emphysema.
Proto-Indo-European *h₂ews- ‘dawn’
Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewsér ‘in the direction of dawn, east’
Proto-Hellenic *auhḗr ‘morning mist’
Ancient Greek ἀήρ ‘air’
Ancient Greek ἀέρος
English aero-
Ancient Greek φῦσᾰ ‘pair of bellows’
Ancient Greek φῡσάω ‘to blow, to puff’
Ancient Greek ἐμφῡσάω ‘to puff up’
Ancient Greek ἐμφῡ́σημα
Latin emphȳsēma ‘swelling’
English emphysema
Today it means
noun A form of emphysema that results from rapid decompression
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / aeroemphysema