Where does “centopiedi” come from?
centopiedi (Italian) comes from Italian piede, from Old French perdre, from Latin perdo, from Latin -dō, from Proto-Germanic -dô, from Sicilian di, from Latin dē, from Latin post — afterwards, post; by, at.
centopiedi (Italian): centipede
Definitions
- centipede
Ancestry of “centopiedi”, step by step
centopiedi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Italian piede
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | piede | foot |
| 2 | Old French | perdre | to lose |
| 3 | Latin | perdo | I destroy, ruin, wreck; I waste, squander; I lose... |
| 4 | Latin | -dō | to put |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | -dô | — |
| 6 | Sicilian | di | Used to indicate possession, after the thing owned and before the owner; of; ’s |
| 7 | Latin | dē | of; concerning; about |
| 8 | Latin | post | behind; after, since, besides, except; behind,... |
| 9 | Latin | poste | ablative singular of postis |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | posti | behind, after |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | pósti | after |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | pós | afterwards, post; by, at |
via Italian cento
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | cento | hundred |
| 2 | Latin | centum | a hundred; 100 |
| 3 | Latin | folium | a leaf; a petal; a sheet or leaf of paper |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | *foljom | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰolh₃yom | leaf |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰleh₃- | bloom, flower |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰel- | to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰōl- | — |