polypodium

From Late Latin polypodium, from Ancient Greek πολυπόδιον (polupódion), from πολυ- (polu-, “poly-, many”) + πούς (poús, “-pod, foot”) + -ιον (-ion, “-ium”). Later reinforced by the translingual scientific use of Polypodium.

polypodium (plural polypodiums or polypodia)

1. (botany) Synonym of polypody: any fern of the genus Polypodium.

• polypod, polypody

• “Polypodium”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
• “polypodium, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 2006.

• polypodion

Via Classical Late polypodion, from Ancient Greek πολυπόδιον (polupódion), from πολυ- (polu-, “poly-, many”) + πούς (poús, “-pod, foot”) + -ιον (-ion, “-ium”).

polypodium n (genitive polypodiī or polypodī); second declension

1. (Late Latin, botany) a polypody
2. (Late Latin, botany) the polypodia collectively

Second-declension noun (neuter).

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

• English: polypodium, polypody
• French: polypodie
• Translingual: Polypodium