English
lungful
From lung + -ful.
Formed from lung + -ful
Proto-Indo-European *h₁lengʷʰ- ‘to move lightly, effortlessly’
Proto-Germanic *lungô ‘the light organ, lung’
Proto-Germanic *lunganjō
Old English lungen
Middle English lunge
English lung
Today it means
noun As much as the lungs will hold.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / lungful