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quadrupedal

adj

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwóresder. Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwr̥- Proto-Italic *kʷatru- Proto-Indo-European *ped- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *pṓds Proto-Italic *pets Proto-Italic *kʷatrupōts Latin quadrupedembor. French quadrupèdebor. English quadruped Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al English -al English quadrupedal From quadruped + -al.

  1. derived from -al English -al English quadrupedal From quadruped + -al
  2. derived from -ālisbor
  3. derived from -ālis Old French -elbor
  4. derived from -albor
  5. derived from *-ālis Latin -ālisbor✻
  6. derived from quadruped Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der
  7. derived from quadrupèdebor
  8. derived from *kʷetwr̥- Proto-Italic *kʷatru- Proto-Indo-European *ped- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *pṓds Proto-Italic *pets Proto-Italic *kʷatrupōts Latin quadrupedembor✻
  9. derived from *kʷetwóresder✻

Definitions

  1. Walking on four feet.

The neighborhood

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