polyp

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1. Proto-Indo-European*pleh₁-
2. Proto-Indo-European*polh₁ús
3. Ancient Greekπολῠ́ς (polŭ́s)
4. Ancient Greekπολυ- (polu-)
5. Proto-Indo-European*ped-
6. Proto-Indo-European*pṓds
7. Ancient Greekπούς (poús)
8. Ancient Greekπολύπους (polúpous)
9. Latinpolypus
10. English todaypolyp

From Latin polypus (“a polyp, a polypus in the nose”), from Ancient Greek πολύπους (polúpous, from πολύς (polús, “many”) + πούς (poús, “foot”)). Doublet of polypus.

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