Etymograph

English

mahogany lung

From mahogany + lung, as it may be caused by mahogany dust.

A compound of mahogany + lung

Portuguese mogano

English mahogany

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 Synonym of woodworker's lung.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

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