Etymograph

English

tripedal

Tripedal comes from Latin tripedalis, and goes back to pedis ‘a foot’.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpedis1‘a foot’
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEtripedalis1
  3. Englishtodaytripedal1

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, English tripedal

Earlier history not traced here. See Wiktionary.

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpedisWiktionary, English tripedal‘a foot’
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEtripedalisWiktionary, English tripedal
  3. EnglishtodaytripedalWiktionary, English tripedal

Equivalent to tri- + -pedal

Proto-Indo-European *tri- ‘three, threefold’

Proto-Italic *tri- ‘three, tri-’

English tri-

Linked words

through Latin pedis ‘a foot’

dispatch, expedition, peach, expedite, pedantry, pedant, 13 more

Today it means

adj Having three feet.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “tripedal”. 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.

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