Etymograph

English

hypotarsus

From hypo- + tarsus.

Formed from hypo- + tarsus

Proto-Indo-European *upó ‘under, below’

Ancient Greek ὑπό ‘under’

English hypo-

Ancient Greek τᾰρσός ‘the flat of the foot’

New Latin tarsus ‘the flat part of the foot’

English tarsus

Today it means

noun A process on the posterior side of the tarsometatarsus of many birds; the calcaneal process.

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

Etymograph / hypotarsus