Etymology of the English word pleurisy
the English word
pleurisyderived from the Old French word
pleuresiederived from the Late Latin word
pleurisisderived from the Late Latin word
pleuritisderived from the Greek word
pleuritisderived from the Greek word
pleura, πλευρά (rib; side; a rib; (by extension) side)
using the Greek suffix
-itis, -ίτις
Usage
Word found in Modern English
