Asthma

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late Middle English: from medieval Latin asma, from Greek asthma, from azein ‘breathe hard’.

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Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἆσθμα(âsthma, “laborious breathing, asthma”).

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asthma (n.)

"respiratory disorder characterized by paroxysms of labored breathing and a feeling of contraction in the chest," late 14c., asma, asma, from Latin asthma, from Greek asthma "shortness of breath, a panting," from azein "breathe hard," probably related to anemos "wind," from PIE root *ane- "to breathe" (see animus). The -th- was restored in English 16c.