millipede

The story

1. Latin · derived frommīllipeda“wood louse”
2. English todaymillipede

From Latin mīllipeda (“wood louse”), from mīlle (“thousand”) + pēs, pedis (“foot”), equivalent to milli- + -pede.

First known use, by meaning

• from 1601 Any of many elongated arthropods, of the class Diplopoda, with cylindrical bodies that have two pairs of legs for each one of their 20 to 100 or more body segments.