pneumonoconiosis

English

Etymology

  • From German Pneumonokoniosis (1867), from Pneumono- (“lung”) + Ancient Greek κόνις (kónis, “dust”) + German -osis (“disease”). In the earliest attestation (1878), after French pneumonokoniose (1878 or earlier).[1] By surface analysis, pneumono- (“lung”) +‎ coniosis (“disease caused by the inhalation of dust”).

    Noun

    pneumonoconiosis (countable and uncountable, plural pneumonoconioses)

    1. Alternative form of pneumoconiosis.

    Derived terms

    References

    1. ^ “pneumonoconiosis, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
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