köken: Inherited from Middle French scolopendre, from Latin scolopendra/scolopendrium, from Ancient Greek σκολόπενδρα (skolópendra)/σκολόπένδριο (skolópéndrio).
köken: From Old Japanese, from Proto-Japonic *mukantai, of unknown derivation; some theories include: # a compound of 向かい (mukai, “facing”, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of verb 向かう (mukau, “to face”)) + 手 (te, “hand”), as the centipede's feet come in facing pairs # a compound of 六 (mu, “six”) + 十 (ka, “ten”, unusual reading; compare the ga in 五十嵐 (igarashi)) + 手 (te, “hand”),…
köken: From Ancient Greek σκολόπενδρα (skolópendra).
Etimoloji
From Proto-Vietic *-seːt (“centipede”). Cognate with Muong thết. This is the Northern form that had undergone lenition but with no vowel raising before stop codas, now also the common formal written form. The other forms with vowel raised can still be seen in informal writing.