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Where does “pollicipes” come from?

pollicipes (Medieval Latin) comes from Latin pes, from Proto-Italic pets, from Proto-Indo-European pṓds, from Proto-Indo-European póds, from Proto-Indo-European ped- — to walk, to step; to stumble, to fall.

Ancestry of “pollicipes”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinpesa foot, "in its senses as"; a place to tread...
2Proto-Italicpets—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanpṓdsfoot
4Proto-Indo-Europeanpóds—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanped-to walk, to step; to stumble, to fall

Words derived from “pollicipes”

  • percebe
  • percebeiro
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ped- →