English
tanypezid
Tanypezid comes from Ancient Greek πεζός ‘on foot, walking’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *ped- ‘to walk, to step’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ped-1‘to walk, to step’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ped-yo-s2‘foot’reconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEπεζός3‘on foot, walking’
- Englishtodaytanypezid3
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
- 1 Wiktionary, Proto-Indo-European *pṓds
- 2 Wiktionary, Ancient Greek πεζός
- 3 Wiktionary, English tanypezid
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ped-Wiktionary, Proto-Indo-European *pṓds‘to walk, to step’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ped-yo-sWiktionary, Ancient Greek πεζός‘foot’reconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEπεζόςWiktionary, English tanypezid‘on foot, walking’
- EnglishtodaytanypezidWiktionary, English tanypezid
Formed from tany- + πεζός ‘on foot, walking’ + -id
Proto-Indo-European *ten- ‘to stretch, extend’
Proto-Indo-European *tn̥néwti ‘to stretch’
Ancient Greek τανύω ‘stretch’
English tany-
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *ped- ‘to walk, to step’
feet, foot, pilot, pie, pioneer, expedition, fetch, podium, pawn, impeachment, pedal, pedestrian, pedigree, pew, pug, impede, baht, impediment, expedite, pes, fet, centipede, ped, pedicure, petiole, puy, peon, fetter, pedometer, pada, poy, tripos, pedicel, pedicle, quadruped, biped, 49 more
Today it means
noun Any fly of the family Tanypezidae.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “tanypezid”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entries for Proto-Indo-European *pṓds, Ancient Greek πεζός. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *ped- / tanypezid