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Where does “dazipo” come from?

dazipo (Esperanto) comes from Latin dasypus, from Ancient Greek δασύπους, 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.

dazipo (Esperanto): armadillo

Definitions

  1. armadillo

Ancestry of “dazipo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latindasypusa kind of rabbit; Third-declension noun
2Ancient GreekδασύπουςEuropean hare; European rabbit
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
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