Anemopathy
/ˌænɪˈmɒpəθi/noun
A disorder or illness attributed to the effects of wind or moving air.
Did you know?Its second element, Greek pathos—“suffering” or “experience”—also appears in pathology, while anemos gave English the scientific combining form anemo-, meaning “wind.”
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*h₂enh₁-
“To breathe or blow; a proposed ancient root associated with wind and breath.”
Ancient Greek
Greek
ἄνεμος (anemos)
“Wind; a moving current of air.”
Ancient Greek
Greek
πάθος (pathos)
“Suffering, experience, or condition endured.”
19th Century
Medical Greek/Latin
anemopathia
“A condition or disease attributed to wind, formed from anemo- (“wind”) and -pathia (“suffering or disease”).”
Modern English
English
anemopathy
“A rare term for illness or disorder caused by, or associated with, wind.”