pneumatic
/nuːˈmætɪk/noo-MA-tik
/nuˈmætɪk/noo-MA-tik
Meaningof air
Common meaning: worked by air
- pneuto breathe; breath, airLiddell & Scott, Greek-English Lexicon (1883), p. 1231 · scan
- maticadjective ending from Greek nouns in -ma
Journey through time
- Greekπνέω; πνεῦμα‘to breathe’
- Latinpneumaticus
- Englishpneumatic‘worked by air’ · today
pneu also in: pneumonia
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
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Origin: Built on Greek πνέω; πνεῦμα ‘to breathe; breath, air’.
Roots
- πνέω; πνεῦμα Greek “to breathe; breath, air”
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