The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromἑξαποδ-
- English todayhexapod
From hexa- + -pod, from Ancient Greek ἑξαποδ- (hexapod-), oblique stem of ἑξάπους (hexápous, “six-footed”), from ἑξα- (hexa-, “six”) + πούς (poús, “foot”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.