Where does “spinipes” come from?

spinipes (Latin) comes from Latin pēs, from Ancient Greek μέτρον, from Ancient Greek -τρον, from Proto-Hellenic -tron, from Proto-Indo-European -trom, from Proto-Indo-European -tḗr — Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...

spinipes (Latin): spiny-footed, spiny-legged

Definitions

  1. spiny-footed, spiny-legged

Ancestry of “spinipes”, step by step

spinipes traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin pēs

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinpēsa foot, in its senses as
2Ancient Greekμέτρονsomething used to measure: measure, rule, weight;...
3Ancient Greek-τρονForms instrument nouns
4Proto-Hellenic-tronForms instrument nouns from verb stems
5Proto-Indo-European-tromForms nouns denoting a tool or instrument
6Proto-Indo-European-tḗrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...

via Latin spineus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinspineusthorny, spiny
2Latin-eusargentum + API → argenteus; ferrum + API →...
3Ancient Greek-εῖοςForms adjectives, usually with a meaning of "of"...
4Proto-Indo-European-iHwós
5Proto-Indo-European-wósCreates adjectives from verb stems
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tḗrEvery word from Ancient Greek -τρονEvery word from Ancient Greek μέτρον