Etymology

podite

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Today it means: A limb of a crustacean when ambulatory. Full definition →

Ancient Greek πούς
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromπούς“foot”
  2. English todaypodite

From Ancient Greek πούς (poús, “foot”) + -ite (“bodypart”).

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekπούς all →

Greek footpodetiumpodo--podouspous

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