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Where does “myriapod” come from?

myriapod (English) comes from Translingual Myriapoda, from Translingual -poda, 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.

myriapod (English): Any arthropod of the subphylum "Myriapoda"

Definitions

  1. Any arthropod of the subphylum "Myriapoda"

Ancestry of “myriapod”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1TranslingualMyriapoda—
2Translingual-podaUsed to form taxonomic names of a rank higher...
3Ancient Greekπούςfoot; leg; Greek foot or pous, the ancient Greek...
4Proto-Indo-Europeanpṓdsfoot
5Proto-Indo-Europeanpóds—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanped-to walk, to step; to stumble, to fall

Words derived from “myriapod”

  • myriapodologist
  • myriapodological
  • myriapodology
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