Etymology

pous

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Today it means: The Greek foot, a unit of length based on the shod foot, generally equal to 16 fingers (δάκτυλοι) or ¹⁄₆₀₀ stade (στάδια) but varying over time and location within Greece and the Hellenized world. Full definition →

Ancient Greek πούς
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · borrowed fromπούς“foot”
  2. English todaypous

From Ancient Greek πούς (poús, “foot”). Doublet of foot, pes, and pie (“Spanish unit of length”).

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekπούς all →

Greek footpodetiumpoditepodo--podous

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