English
polyp
Polyp comes from Latin polypus ‘a polyp, a polypus in the nose’, and goes back to Ancient Greek πολύπους.
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEπολύπουςpolúpous‘octopus, polypus’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpolypus‘a polyp, a polypus in the nose’
- Englishtodaypolyp
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Lineage
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEπολύπουςpolúpous‘octopus, polypus’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpolypus‘a polyp, a polypus in the nose’
- Englishtodaypolyp
A compound of πολῠ́ς ‘large, great’ + πολυ- + πούς ‘foot’
Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁- ‘to fill’
Proto-Indo-European *polh₁ús
Ancient Greek πολῠ́ς ‘large, great’
Proto-Indo-European *ped- ‘to walk, to step’
Proto-Indo-European *pṓds ‘foot’
Ancient Greek πούς ‘foot’
Every English word from Ancient Greek πολύπους
Today it means
noun A cylindrical coelenterate, such as the hydra, having a mouth surrounded with tentacles.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Ancient Greek πολύπους / polyp