millipede
Meaninga thousand feet
Common meaning: a many-legged creature
- milla thousandLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 1144 · scan
- peda footLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 1362 · scan
‘a thousand’ + ‘a foot’ → millipede
Journey through time
Neither part’s path through time is traced in our sources yet; each root is shown from its dictionary entry.
- mill — Latin mīlle “a thousand” (dictionary form; path not traced)
- ped — Latin pēs, pedis “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
- UK IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
- US IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
Origin: Built on Latin mīlle ‘a thousand’ + Latin pēs ‘a foot’.
Did you know (Latin pes, pedis,…): our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry pēs, p. 1362 · dictionary scan
Did you know (Latin mille, a…): our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry mīlle, p. 1144 · dictionary scan
Roots
- mīlle Latin “a thousand”
- pēs, pedis Latin “a foot”
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