English
pleura
Pleura comes from Ancient Greek πλευρᾱ́ ‘a rib, a side of something’.
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEπλευρᾱ́pleurā́‘a rib, a side of something’
- Medieval Latinc. 600–1500pleura
- Englishearliest quotation 1856same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEπλευρᾱ́pleurā́‘a rib, a side of something’
- Medieval Latinc. 600–1500pleura
- Englishearliest quotation 1856same form
Earliest quotation: 1856, William Youatt, William Charles Linnaeus Martin: “The lungs […] may be said to be inclosed…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂- ‘flat’
field, floor, explain, plane, explanation, palm, plain, clan, archipelago, explanatory, fluke, parma, playa, planar, palatine, flounder, pelagic, esplanade, placate, polonium, plantar, veld, implacable, lech, llano, floe, planta, purdah, 47 more
through Proto-Hellenic *pləks
through Ancient Greek πλάξ ‘flat object, plate’
Today it means
noun Each of a pair of smooth serous membranes which line the thorax and envelop the lungs in humans and other mammals.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Ancient Greek πλευρᾱ́ / pleura