Where does “crassipes” come from?
crassipes (Latin) comes from Latin crassus, from Old Latin cartsus, from Proto-Italic kartsus, from Proto-Indo-European kr̥t-sú-s, from Proto-Indo-European kert-, from Proto-Turkic *keŕ- — to travel, tour.
crassipes (Latin): thick-footed
Definitions
- thick-footed
Ancestry of “crassipes”, step by step
crassipes traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Latin crassus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | crassus | dense, thick, solid; fat, gross, plump;... |
| 2 | Old Latin | cartsus | — |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | kartsus | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | kr̥t-sú-s | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | kert- | times; to weave, twist together; time |
| 6 | Proto-Turkic | *keŕ- | to travel, tour |
via Latin pēs
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | pēs | a foot, in its senses as |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | μέτρον | something used to measure: measure, rule, weight;... |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | -τρον | Forms instrument nouns |
| 4 | Proto-Hellenic | -tron | Forms instrument nouns from verb stems |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -trom | Forms nouns denoting a tool or instrument |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -tḗr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |