Etymology

sympelmous

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Today it means: Of birds: having the tendons of the deep flexors of the toes blended in one before separating to proceed one to each of the four digits. Full definition →

Ancient Greek πέλμα
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The story

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

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

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekπέλμα all →

heteropelmousschizopelmous

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