Where does “polypodie” come from?
polypodie (Old French) comes from English polypodium, from Latin polypodium, from Latin polypodion, from Ancient Greek πολυπόδιον, from Ancient Greek πολύπους, from Ancient Greek πολῠ-, from Ancient Greek πολύς, from Ancient Greek πόρος.
Ancestry of “polypodie”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | polypodium | Synonym of polypody: any fern of the genus... |
| 2 | Latin | polypodium | a polypody; the polypodia collectively |
| 3 | Latin | polypodion | — |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | πολυπόδιον | common polypody |
| 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 | — |