Where does “pseudocentipede” come from?
pseudocentipede (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.
pseudocentipede (English): A symphylan
Definitions
- A symphylan
Ancestry of “pseudocentipede”, step by step
pseudocentipede 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 pseudo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | pseudo | An intellectually pretentious person; a... |
| 2 | English | pseudo- | False, not genuine, fake |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | ψευδής | lying, false, untrue; deceived, beguiled |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | -ής | adjective suffix |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -ēs | Primarily forms adjectival bahuvrīhi compounds |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -ess | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -os | Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;... |