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Where does “πολύπους” come from?

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

πολύπους (Ancient Greek): many-footed

Definitions

  1. many-footed

Ancestry of “πολύπους”, step by step

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

Words derived from “πολύπους”

  • pulpit
  • polyp
  • polyposis
  • polypus
  • polypoid
  • polypectomy
  • nonpolyposis
  • polypody
  • pulpiteer
  • polypite
  • polypous
  • poulpe
  • nonpolypoid
  • pseudopolyp
  • polypiferous
  • pulpited
  • pulpitry
  • pulpiter
  • pulpitless
  • polypifer
  • polypiform
  • polyperythrin
  • polyposic
  • polypigerous
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