Etymology

endopodite

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Today it means: The innermost of two processes attached to the basal process of the limbs of some Crustacea. Full definition →

English podite ← Ancient Greek ἔνδον (éndon) ← Proto-Hellenic *éndon
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁n̥dóm
  2. Proto-Hellenic*éndon
  3. Ancient Greekἔνδον (éndon)
  4. Englishendo-
  5. Englishpodite
  6. English todayendopodite

From endo- + podite.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.