Where does “millipede” come from?

millipede (English) comes from Latin millipeda, from Latin pedis, from Latin pes, from Proto-Italic pets, from Proto-Indo-European pṓds, from Proto-Indo-European póds, from Proto-Indo-European ped- — to walk, to step; to stumble, to fall.

millipede (English): Any of many elongated arthropods, of the class...

Definitions

  1. Any of many elongated arthropods, of the class...

Ancestry of “millipede”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinmillipedawood louse
2Latinpedislouse; genitive singular of pēs
3Latinpesa foot, "in its senses as"; a place to tread...
4Proto-Italicpetsfoot
5Proto-Indo-Europeanpṓdsfoot
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpódsfoot
7Proto-Indo-Europeanped-to walk, to step; to stumble, to fall

Words derived from “millipede”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ped- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European póds →Every word from Proto-Indo-European pṓds →