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Where does “Lycopodium” come from?

Lycopodium (Translingual) comes from Ancient Greek πούς, from Proto-Indo-European pṓds, from Proto-Indo-European póds, from Proto-Indo-European ped- — to walk, to step; to stumble, to fall.

Lycopodium (Translingual): a genus of clubfoot mosses

Definitions

  1. a genus of clubfoot mosses

Ancestry of “Lycopodium”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekπούςfoot; leg; Greek foot or pous, the ancient Greek...
2Proto-Indo-Europeanpṓdsfoot
3Proto-Indo-Europeanpóds—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanped-to walk, to step; to stumble, to fall

Words derived from “Lycopodium”

  • Lycopodiophytina
  • Lycopodiella
  • Lycopodiaceae
  • Lycopodiales
  • Lycopodiopsida
  • Lycopodiophyta
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