Where does “meropodite” come from?

meropodite (English) comes from English podite, from English -ite, from French -ité, from Latin -īta, from Ancient Greek -ίτης, from Ancient Greek πολῑ́της, from Ancient Greek -της, from Proto-Hellenic -tāts — Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems.

meropodite (English): A segment of the endopodite of a crustacean...

Definitions

  1. A segment of the endopodite of a crustacean...

Ancestry of “meropodite”, step by step

meropodite traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English podite

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishpoditeA limb of a crustacean when ambulatory
2English-iteUsed to form nouns denoting followers or...
3French-itéAlternative form of -té, giving a quality or...
4Latin-īta
5Ancient Greek-ίτηςSuffix forming a masculine noun: one connected...
6Ancient Greekπολῑ́τηςcitizen
7Ancient Greek-τηςForms nouns representing a state of being; Added...
8Proto-Hellenic-tāts
9Proto-Indo-European-teh₂tsUsed to form nouns representing state of being
10Proto-Indo-European-teh₂Used to form nouns representing state of being
11Proto-Indo-European-tósCreates verbal adjectives from verb stems

via English mero

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishmeroAny of several large groupers of warm seas;...
2Spanishmeromere; pure; grouper
3Latinmerussheer, undiluted, pure
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmer-to die; to disappear; sea, lake, wetland

Words derived from “meropodite

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tósEvery word from English -iteEvery word from Ancient Greek -της