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R: Italian etymological question

From:Mangiat <mangiat@...>
Date:Thursday, August 31, 2000, 9:52
Jonathan wrote:

> Italian for "sloth" (the Amazonian animal) is _bradipo_ (correct?) > I was just curious what is the etymology of this word?
My Devoto-Oli states it from Greek 'bradys' - slow + 'pous' foot. 'Slow foot'. A nice name. Luca