English
anapnograph
Anapnograph comes from French anapnographe.
- Frenchc. 1600–presentanapnographe
- Englishtodayanapnograph
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Frenchc. 1600–presentanapnographe
- Englishtodayanapnograph
The story
From French anapnographe, coined by the device's inventors Léon Bergeon and M. Kastus in the 1860s, from Ancient Greek ἀναπνοή (anapnoḗ, “recovery of breath; respiration”) (from ἀναπνέω (anapnéō, “to draw breath”), from ἀνα- (ana-, “up”) + πνέω (pnéō, “to breathe”)) + French -graphe (see -graph).
Every English word from French anapnographe
Today it means
noun A form of spirometer.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / French anapnographe / anapnograph