Etymology

cephalopod

ceph·a·lo·pod
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Today it means: Any mollusc of the class Cephalopoda, which includes squid, cuttlefish, octopus, nautiloids etc. Full definition →

French céphalopode ← Ancient Greek κεφαλή
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  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromκεφαλή“head”
  2. French · borrowed fromcéphalopode
  3. English todaycephalopod

From French céphalopode, from Ancient Greek κεφαλή (kephalḗ, “head”) + ποδός (podós), genitive singular of πούς (poús, “foot, leg”). By surface analysis, cephalo- + -pod.

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekκεφαλή all →

cephalonacanthocephalancephalgiacephalo-cephalophore-cephalouscephalous-cephalykephale

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