The story
- Latin · derived fromfindere“to split”
- English todaypedatifid
From pedate + -fid, from -fidus, from Latin findere (“to split”).
Words from the same roots
Latinfindere all →
fentfissi-
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Today it means: Cleft in a pedate manner, but having the lobes distinctly connected at the base. Full definition →