fleume

Middle English

Noun

fleume

  1. Alternative form of flewme

Old French

Etymology

Latin phlegma < Ancient Greek φλέγμα (phlégma).

Noun

fleume f (oblique plural fleumes, nominative singular fleume, nominative plural fleumes)

  1. phlegm (one of the four elements of the body)
    • 1377, Bernard de Gordon, Fleur de lis de medecine (a.k.a. lilium medicine):
      Item on peult demander se la fleume se peult adurcir
      One can ask oneself if the phlegm will harden

Descendants
  • → Middle English: flewme, fleume, fleme
    • English: fleam
    • ⇒ English: phlegm (respelled to match Latin and Greek origins)
  • French: flegme
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