Etymograph

English

pulmometer

Pulmometer comes from Latin pulmo ‘a lung’, and goes back to Proto-Italic *plumō.

  1. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*plumōreconstructed
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpulmo‘a lung’
  3. Englishtodaypulmometer

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*plumōreconstructed
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpulmo‘a lung’
  3. Englishtodaypulmometer

Linked words

through Latin pulmo ‘a lung’

pulmonary, 10 more

Today it means

noun A kind of historical spirometer.

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

Etymograph / Proto-Italic *plumō / pulmometer