English

four-legged

From four + legged.

A compound of four + legged

Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwṓr ‘four’

Proto-Germanic *fedwōr ‘four’

Proto-West Germanic *feuwar ‘four’

Old English fēower ‘four’

Middle English four

English four

Middle English legged

Today it means

adj Having four legs.

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

Etymograph / four-legged