Etymology

-podous

Today it means: footed; having a certain number or type of feet or legs Full definition →

Ancient Greek πούς ← Proto-Indo-European *pṓds
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*pṓds
  2. Ancient Greek · borrowed fromπούς“foot”
  3. English today-podous

From Ancient Greek πούς (poús, “foot”), from Proto-Indo-European *pṓds.

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekπούς all →

Greek footpodetiumpoditepodo-pous

Proto-Indo-European*pṓds all →

footteapoy

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.