Where does “chiropodist” come from?
chiropodist (English) comes from English chiropody, from English pod-, from English podo-, from Ancient Greek πούς, from Proto-Indo-European pṓds, from Proto-Indo-European póds, from Proto-Indo-European ped- — to walk, to step; to stumble, to fall.
chiropodist (English): A practitioner of chiropody
Definitions
- A practitioner of chiropody
Ancestry of “chiropodist”, step by step
chiropodist traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English chiropody
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | chiropody | The branch of medicine concerned with the... |
| 2 | English | pod- | Alternative form of podo- |
| 3 | English | podo- | Pertaining to a foot or a footlike part |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | πούς | foot; leg; Greek foot or pous, the ancient Greek... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | pṓds | foot |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | póds | foot |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ped- | to walk, to step; to stumble, to fall |
via English ist
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ist | A practitioner or supporter of an ism |
| 2 | English | -ist | Added to words to form nouns denoting |
| 3 | Old French | -iste | — |
| 4 | Latin | -ista | -ist; one who practises or believes |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -ιστής | Alternative form of -τής; -ist |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | -τής | Appended to verbs to form agent nouns |
| 7 | Proto-Hellenic | -tās | — |