Where does “centipede” come from?
Centipede comes from French centipède, combining Latin centi- (hundred) from Latin centum, ultimately derived from Proto-Indo-European ḱm̥tóm (hundred) and ped- (foot).
centipede (English): Any arthropod of class Chilopoda, which have a...
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- Any arthropod of class Chilopoda, which have a...
Ancestry of “centipede”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | centipède | centipede |
| 2 | Latin | centipeda | — |
| 3 | Latin | centi- | one hundred-, hundred-; "indicates a count of one... |
| 4 | Latin | centum | a hundred; 100 |
| 5 | Latin | folium | a leaf; a petal; a sheet or leaf of paper |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | *foljom | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰolh₃yom | leaf |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰleh₃- | bloom, flower |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰel- | to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰōl- | — |