Etymology

imped

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Today it means: a creature without feet Full definition →

Ancient Greek ἀπούς
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imped · noun1

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromἀπούς
  2. English todayimped

Coined on Latinate roots (im- + -ped) by Richard Owen in 1861 as a calque of Aristotle’s Ancient Greek ἀπούς (apoús).

imped · adjective2

From imp + -ed.

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