English
exaspidean
Exaspidean comes from Ancient Greek ἀσπίς ‘shield’.
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἀσπίςaspís‘shield’
- Englishtodayexaspidean
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἀσπίςaspís‘shield’
- Englishtodayexaspidean
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *spey- ‘to expand, extend, stretch’
spike, spine, spinal, spinach, cusp, spire, spina, spigot, buckthorn, spica, 27 more
through Proto-Indo-European *speyd-
through Ancient Greek ἀσπίς ‘shield’
Today it means
adj Having the anterior scutes extending around the tarsus on the outer side, leaving the inner side naked; said of certain birds.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Ancient Greek ἀσπίς / exaspidean