centipede
A Word with Latin Root, Prefix or Suffix
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A Word with Latin Root, Prefix or Suffix
centipede
any of a class (Chilopoda) of elongated, many-segmented, insect-eating arthropods with a pair of legs to each segment, the front pair being modified into poison claws
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Dissection of centipede
centipede = cent- (hundred) + i + ped (foot) + -e (-e does not have a meaning. For its origin and original meaning, please click here);
centipede = an animal having 100 feet, an arthropod
Now Repeat my Dissection
centipede = an animal having 100 feet, an arthropod
Important roots for this word:
ped
cent-
Note: You may sometimes find that a vowel such as o is often inserted between two roots, as o inserted between phon and graph in phonograph = phon + o + graph, the reason is for easy pronounciation. Another example is archaeology = archae + o + logy
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