pneumato- 或 pneumat-
pref.（前缀）
语源
pref.（前缀）
- Air; gas:
表示“空气；气体”：
pneumatolysis.
气化；气成作用 - Breath; respiration:
表示“呼吸；呼吸作用”：
pneumatometer.
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语源
- From Greek pneuma pneumat- [wind, breath] * see pneu-
源自 希腊语 pneuma pneumat- [风，呼吸] *参见 pneu-
pneumato-
combining form
air; breath or breathing; spirit
⇒
pneumatophore
⇒
pneumatology
Origin
from Greek pneuma, pneumat-, breath; see pneumapneumato-
Word Origin
1
a combining form meaning “air,” “breath,” “spirit,” used in the formation of compound words:
pneumatology; pneumatophore.
Also, pneumo-; especially before a vowel, pneumat-.
Origin
< Greek, combining form of pneûma; see pneuma
Related Words
- pneumatocyst
- pneumatology
- pneumatolysis
- pneumatometer
- pneumatophore
- pneumatotherapy
pneumato-a word element, used chiefly in scientific terms, referring to air, breath, spirit.
[Greek, combining form of pneuma]pneumato-
combining form
⇨ see pneumat-
combining form
⇨ see pneumat-
pneumato-
combining form
1.
- of or containing air表示“空气的”, “气体的”; “含气的”：
-
pneumatophore.
2.
- relating to the spirit表示“灵魂的”, “精神的”：
-
pneumatology.
词源
from Greek pneuma, pneumat- 'wind, breath, spirit'.
1800 Henry Epit. Chem. (1808) 56The *pneumato-chemical trough, or pneumatic cistern.
1822 J. Imison Sc. & Art II. 12An improved pneumato-chemical apparatus.
1886 Kernel & Husk 62 Metaphors..which would subtilize Him down to a thought, or a mind, or a spirit, may be called phronesimorphic, noumorphic, *pneumatomorphic.
1892 Briggs Bible Church & Reason 163The Theophany, the Christophany, and the *Pneumatophany are the sources of the miracles of the Bible.
1847 Tulk tr. Oken's Physio-philosophy 2Physio- and *Pneumato-philosophy range, therefore, parallel to each other. Physio-philosophy, however, holds the first rank, Pneumato-philosophy the second; the former therefore, is the ground and foundation of the latter, for nature is antecedent to the human spirit.
1711 Shaftesbury Charac. (1737) III.Misc. ii. ii. 64All Atheists (says he) are possess'd with a certain kind of Madness, that may be call'd *Pneumatophobia, that makes them have an irrational but desperate Abhorrence from Spirits or Incorporeal Substances.
1687 H. More Answ. Psychop. (1689) 107The Psychopyrists (for so rather I call them, than *Pneumatopyrists);..philosophers that make the essence or substance of all created spirits to be Fire.
1825 Good's Study Med. (ed. 2) V. 436The pneumo-thorax of Itard and Laennec, or the *pneumato-thorax, as it is more correctly called, of Dr. John Davy.
pneumato-
before vowels pneumat-, word-forming element meaning "wind, air, spirit, presence of air," from comb. form of Greek pneuma (genitive pneumatos); see pneuma.
ORIGIN: Greek , combining form of pneuma : see pneuma -o-
pneumato-
— see pneumat-
— see pneumat-
pneumato-
Prefix
- pneumat- + -o-