Etymology

schizopelmous

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Today it means: Having the two flexor tendons of the toes entirely separate, and the flexor hallicus going to the first toe only. Full definition →

Ancient Greek πέλμα
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromπέλμα“sole of the foot”
  2. English todayschizopelmous

From schizo- + Ancient Greek πέλμα (pélma, “sole of the foot”) + -ous.

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekπέλμα all →

heteropelmoussympelmous

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