English
semiped
Semiped comes from Latin semipes, and goes back to pedis ‘a foot’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpedis‘a foot’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEsemipes
- Englishtodaysemiped
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history not traced here.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpedis‘a foot’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEsemipes
- Englishtodaysemiped
Linked words
through Latin pedis ‘a foot’
dispatch, expedition, peach, expedite, pedantry, pedant, 14 more
Today it means
noun Half of a metrical foot.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin pedis / semiped