Where does “polypodium” come from?
polypodium (Late Latin) comes from Latin polypodion, from Ancient Greek πολυπόδιον, from Ancient Greek πολύπους, from Ancient Greek πολῠ-, from Ancient Greek πολύς, from Ancient Greek πόρος, from Ancient Greek πείρω, from Proto-Hellenic *péryō.
polypodium (Late Latin): a polypody; the polypodia collectively
Definitions
- a polypody; the polypodia collectively
Ancestry of “polypodium”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | polypodion | — |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | πολυπόδιον | common polypody |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | πολύπους | many-footed |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | πολῠ- | many; much, a lot |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | πολύς | many, a lot of; neuter πολύ or πολλά as... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | πόρος | a means of passage, passageway, way, opening;... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | πείρω | I pierce, run through; I cleave through |
| 8 | Proto-Hellenic | *péryō | — |