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Where does “πολυπόδιον” come from?

πολυπόδιον (Ancient Greek) comes from Ancient Greek πολύπους, from Ancient Greek πολῠ-, from Ancient Greek πολύς, from Ancient Greek πόρος, from Ancient Greek πείρω, from Proto-Hellenic *péryō.

πολυπόδιον (Ancient Greek): common polypody

Definitions

  1. common polypody

Ancestry of “πολυπόδιον”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekπολύπουςmany-footed
2Ancient Greekπολῠ-many; much, a lot
3Ancient Greekπολύςmany, a lot of; neuter πολύ or πολλά as...
4Ancient Greekπόροςa means of passage, passageway, way, opening;...
5Ancient GreekπείρωI pierce, run through; I cleave through
6Proto-Hellenic*péryō—

Words derived from “πολυπόδιον”

  • polypody
  • polypodium
  • polypodion
  • polypodium
  • Polypodiophytina
  • Polypodiaceae
  • Polypodium
  • Polypodioideae
  • Polypodiales
  • Polypodiopsida
  • polypodie
  • polypodium
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