ფლეგმა • (p'legma) =phlegm=φλέγμα

ფლეგმა • (p'legma) =phlegm=φλέγμα

WIKTIONARY: Etymology



From Old French fleume, Middle French phlegme (French flegme), and their source, Latin phlegma, from Ancient Greek φλέγμα (phlegma, “flame; inflammation; clammy humor in the body”), from φλέγειν (“to burn”). Compare phlox, flagrant, flame, bleak (adjective), fulminate.