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Where does “lycopersicoides” come from?

lycopersicoides (Translingual) comes from Translingual Lycopersicon, from English wolf's peach, from English peach, from Middle English pechen, from Anglo-Norman anpecher, from Late Latin impedico, from Latin pedica, from Latin pes — to walk, to step; to stumble, to fall.

lycopersicoides (Translingual): tomato family

Definitions

  1. tomato family

Ancestry of “lycopersicoides”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1TranslingualLycopersicon—
2Englishwolf's peach—
3EnglishpeachA tree , native to China and now widely...
4Middle Englishpechen—
5Anglo-Normananpecher—
6Late Latinimpedicoentangle; I fetter; I entangle
7Latinpedicashackle, fetter; snare
8Latinpesa foot, "in its senses as"; a place to tread...
9Proto-Italicpets—
10Proto-Indo-Europeanpṓdsfoot
11Proto-Indo-Europeanpóds—
12Proto-Indo-Europeanped-to walk, to step; to stumble, to fall
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