English

gnathopodite

From gnatho- + podite.

Ancient Greek γνάθος ‘jaw’

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

Proto-Indo-European *pṓds ‘foot’

Ancient Greek πούς ‘foot’

Today it means

noun Any leg-like appendage of a crustacean that serves as a jaw.

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

Etymograph / gnathopodite