Etymology

podoscaph

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Today it means: Each of a pair of ski-shaped canoe-like floats attached to the feet, used for walking on water. Full definition →

Ancient Greek σκάφη
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromσκάφη“light boat”
  2. English todaypodoscaph

From podo- + Ancient Greek σκάφη (skáphē, “light boat”).

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekσκάφη all →

mesoscaphe

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.