Where does “piovra” come from?
piovra (Italian) comes from French pieuvre, from Norman pieuvre, from Old Northern French puerve, from Latin polypūs, from Ancient Greek πολύπους, from Ancient Greek πολῠ-, from Ancient Greek πολύς, from Ancient Greek πόρος.
piovra (Italian): octopus
Definitions
- octopus
Ancestry of “piovra”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | pieuvre | octopus |
| 2 | Norman | pieuvre | octopus |
| 3 | Old Northern French | puerve | — |
| 4 | Latin | polypūs | octopus |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | πολύπους | many-footed |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | πολῠ- | many; much, a lot |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | πολύς | many, a lot of; neuter πολύ or πολλά as... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | πόρος | a means of passage, passageway, way, opening;... |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | πείρω | I pierce, run through; I cleave through |
| 10 | Proto-Hellenic | *péryō | — |