Etymograph

English

anguiped

Anguiped comes from Latin anguiped-.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEanguiped-
  2. Englishtodayanguiped

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEanguiped-
  2. Englishtodayanguiped

A compound of anguis ‘snake’ + pēs ‘foot’

Proto-Indo-European *h₂éngʷʰis ‘snake’

Proto-Italic *anɣʷis ‘snake’

Latin anguis ‘snake’

Proto-Indo-European *ped- ‘to walk, to step’

Proto-Indo-European *pṓds ‘foot’

Proto-Italic *pets ‘foot’

Latin pēs ‘foot’

Today it means

adj Having serpents (or similar) in place of legs

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Latin anguiped- / anguiped