English

hydropedal

From hydro- + pedal.

Proto-Indo-European *wed- ‘water’

Proto-Indo-European *wódr̥ ‘water’

Proto-Hellenic *údōr ‘water’

Ancient Greek ῡ̆̔́δωρ ‘water’

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

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Latin pēs ‘a human foot’

Latin pedālis ‘foot’

Italian pedale

French pédale

English pedal

Today it means

adj (of a mosasaur) Having limbs in the form of paddles

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

Etymograph / hydropedal