Etymology

diplosegmentation

Today it means: The formation of diplosegments by the fusion of successive body segments, as in millipedes. Full definition →

English segmentation ← 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. Englishsegmentation
  8. English todaydiplosegmentation

From diplo- + segmentation.

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