Asthma
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late Middle English: from medieval Latin asma, from Greek asthma, from azein ‘breathe hard’.
wiktionary
Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἆσθμα(âsthma, “laborious breathing, asthma”).
etymonline
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.
