English
pleuritis
Pleuritis comes from Latin pleuritis ‘a sharp pain in the side, pleurisy’, and goes back to Ancient Greek πλευρά ‘a rib’.
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEπλευράpleurá‘a rib’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEπλευρῖτῐςpleurîtĭs
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpleuritis‘a sharp pain in the side, pleurisy’
- Englishtodaysame form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEπλευράpleurá‘a rib’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEπλευρῖτῐςpleurîtĭs
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpleuritis‘a sharp pain in the side, pleurisy’
- Englishtodaysame form
Formed from pleur + itis
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂- ‘flat’
field, floor, explain, plane, palm, plain, explanation, clan, archipelago, explanatory, fluke, parma, playa, planar, flounder, esplanade, palatine, pelagic, placate, polonium, plantar, implacable, lech, veld, llano, floe, planta, purdah, 47 more
through Proto-Hellenic *pləks
through Ancient Greek πλάξ ‘flat object, plate’
Today it means
noun Pleurisy (inflammation of the pleura).
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Ancient Greek πλευρά / pleuritis