#ThusdayEnglish The Longest Word Of English Ever Recorded in Dictionary

 

"Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis" become the longest word in English language to date ever found in dictionary, The word itself mean "an artificial long word said to mean a lung disease caused by inhaling very fine ash and sand dust"

Derived from 7 words :

Pneumono: from ancient Greek (pneúmōn) which means lungs

ultra: from Latin, meaning beyond

micro and scopic: from ancient Greek, meaning small looking, referring to the fineness of particulates

silico-: from Latin, silicon

volcano: from Latin, referring to volcano

coni: from ancient Greek (kónis) which means dust

-osis: from ancient Greek, suffix to indicate a medical condition

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