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PULMONARY
Definition of PULMONARY
adjective
Pertaining to, having, or affecting the lungs.
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Where it comes from
Borrowed from Latin pulmōnārius (“of the lungs”), from pulmō (“lung”) + -ārius, from Proto-Indo-European *pléu-mon-. Cognate with Greek πλεμόνι (plemóni), French poumon, Lithuanian plaučiai, Polish płuco and Russian пла́вать (plávatʹ, “to swim”).
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Word DNA
Line of descent
- Proto-Indo-European
- Latin
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
9%
of traced words share this origin (2,585)
How it is built
Its etymology also names French, Polish, Russian.
Every Proto-Indo-European word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
PULMONARY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 59 boards so far. 217 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 13, 2 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 142, 9 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 13, 2 June 2026.
Built from these letters
PULMONARY starts with P and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read ALMNOPRUY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start PULMON
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 13
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