Etymology

nomopelmous

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Today it means: Having a separate and simple tendon to flex the first toe, or hallux. Full definition →

Ancient Greek νομός
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromνομός“division, distribution”
  2. English todaynomopelmous

From Ancient Greek νομός (nomós, “division, distribution”) + πέλμα (pélma, “sole of the foot”) + -ous.

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekνομός all →

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