Etymology

diplosegment

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Today it means: A fused pair of segments in some arthropods. Full definition →

English segment ← Ancient Greek δῐπλόος (dĭplóos) ← Proto-Indo-European *dwís
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
  2. Proto-Indo-European*trísinflu.
  3. Proto-Indo-European*dwís
  4. Ancient Greekδῐ́ς (dĭ́s)
  5. Ancient Greekδῐπλόος (dĭplóos)
  6. Englishdiplo-
  7. Englishsegment
  8. English todaydiplosegment

From diplo- + segment.

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