καλοπόδιον

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

  • κᾱλαπόδιον (kālapódion)

Etymology

From κᾱλόπους (kālópous) +‎ -ιον (-ion), the former a compound of κᾶλον (kâlon, “wood”) and πούς (poús, “foot”).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

κᾱλοπόδῐον • (kālopódion) n (genitive κᾱλοποδῐ́ου); second declension

  1. shoemaker's last

Inflection

Descendants

  • Greek: καλαπόδι (kalapódi) (from καλαπόδιον (kalapódion))
  • → Middle Persian: [Book Pahlavi needed] (kʾlpwt' /⁠kālbod⁠/), 𐫐𐫀𐫓𐫁𐫏𐫅 (kʾlbyd /⁠kālbid⁠/)
  • → Old Armenian: կաղապար (kałapar), գաղափար (gałapʻar) (via an unknown Iranian language; see each for more descendants)
  • → Classical Syriac: ܩܠܒܝܕ (/⁠*qālobīḏ⁠/)
    • → Arabic: قَالِب (qālib) (see there for further descendants)
      • → French: calibre (see there for further descendants)

Further reading

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.