Etymology

quadrupedy

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Today it means: The condition of being a quadruped; quadrupedalism Full definition →

English quadruped ← French quadrupède ← Latin quadrupedem
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*kʷetwóres
  2. Proto-Indo-European*kʷetwr̥-
  3. Proto-Italic*kʷetru-
  4. Proto-Indo-European*ped-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*pṓds
  6. Proto-Italic*pets
  7. Proto-Italic*kʷetrupōts
  8. Latinquadrupedem
  9. Frenchquadrupède
  10. Englishquadruped
  11. English todayquadrupedy

From quadruped + -y.

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