arthropod
/ˈɑːθɹəˌpɒd/AHR-thruh-pod
/ˈɑɹθɹəˌpɑd/AHR-thruh-pahd
Meaningjoint foot
Common meaning: an animal with jointed legs
- arthra jointLiddell & Scott, Intermediate Greek-English Lexicon (1889), p. 116 · scan
- poda footLiddell & Scott, Greek-English Lexicon (1883), p. 1261 · scan
‘a joint’ + ‘a foot’ → arthropod
Journey through time
Neither part’s path through time is traced in our sources yet; each root is shown from its dictionary entry.
- arthr — Greek ἄρθρον “a joint” (dictionary form; path not traced)
- pod — Greek πούς, ποδός “a foot” (dictionary form; path not traced)
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
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- US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Greek ἄρθρον ‘a joint’ + Greek πούς ‘a foot’.
Did you know: our wording, based on Liddell & Scott, Greek-English Lexicon (1883), entry πούς, p. 1261 · dictionary scan
Roots
- πούς, ποδός Greek “a foot”
- ἄρθρον Greek “a joint”
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