Where does “house centipede” come from?
house centipede (English) comes from English centipede, from French centipède, from Latin centipeda, from Latin centi-, from Latin centum, from Latin folium, from Proto-Italic *foljom, from Proto-Indo-European bʰolh₃yom.
house centipede (English): A centipede, Scutigera coleoptrata, native to the Mediterranean region but common in houses worldwide
Definitions
- A centipede, Scutigera coleoptrata, native to the Mediterranean region but common in houses worldwide
Ancestry of “house centipede”, step by step
house centipede traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English centipede
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | centipede | Any arthropod of class Chilopoda, which have a... |
| 2 | French | centipède | centipede |
| 3 | Latin | centipeda | — |
| 4 | Latin | centi- | one hundred-, hundred-; "indicates a count of one... |
| 5 | Latin | centum | a hundred; 100 |
| 6 | Latin | folium | a leaf; a petal; a sheet or leaf of paper |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | *foljom | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰolh₃yom | leaf |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰleh₃- | bloom, flower |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰel- | to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰōl- | — |
via English House
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | House | A particular chamber of political representation |
| 2 | Middle English | hous | house, residence; house of worship, temple;... |
| 3 | Old English | hūs | dwelling, shelter, house; house |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | hūs | house |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | hūsą | house |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)kewH- | to cover, bedeck; cover |